Before he moved to MGM, director
Richard Thorpe virtually lived at the tiny production firm of Chesterfield-Invincible. Thorpe's Beauty Parlor is a Chesterfield programmer that aspires to be
Grand Hotel. The titular parlor is the setting for a multitude of comic and dramatic episodes, most of them involving manicurists
Barbara Kent and
Joyce Compton. Among the supporting players is
Mischa Auer, essaying one of the villainous roles he was stuck with before turning to zany comedy parts in the mid-1930s. Beauty Parlor wraps up all its loose plot strands in 66 minutes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide