The Death Kiss [Blu-ray]

Director: Edwin L. Marin Edwin L. Marin

Overview

While Tonart Studios is filming a gangster movie, one of the actors is killed in a shooting accident. After several other incidents occur, police begin to think of sabotage. Their list of suspects includes the studio chief (Alexander Carr), his manager (Bela Lugosi), the director of the film (Edward Van Sloan) and an actress (Adrienne Ames).

Product Details

Release Date:	10/14/2014
UPC:	0738329127329
Original Release:	1932
Source:	Kino Classics
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:11:00
Sales rank:	28,378

Special Features

Includes orginal color sequences hand-tinted by Gustav Brock; Audio commentary by film historian Richard Harland Smith

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bela Lugosi	Joseph Steiner
David Manners	Franklyn Drew
Adrienne Ames	Marcia Lane
John Wray	Det. Lt. Sheehan
Vince Barnett	Officer Gulliver
Alexander Carr	Leon Grossmith
Edward Van Sloan	Tom Avery
Harold Minjir	Howell
Wade Boteler	Hilliker
Al Hill	Assistant Director
Barbara Bedford	Script Clerk
Alan Roscoe	Chalmers
Mona Maris	Mrs. Avery
Edmund Burns	Brent
James Donlan	Hill
Harold Waldridge	Clerk
Lee Moran	Todd
Wilson Benge	Doorman
Eddy Chandler	Mechanic
Harry Strang	Gaffer
Eddie Boland	Bill
Frank O'Connor	Cop
Forrest Taylor	Actor
Paul Porcasi	Ellsmith the Florist
King Baggot	Al Payne
Jack Byron	Passerby
Charles Dorety	Bill
Lester Dorr	Hotel Desk Clerk
Grace Hayle	Chalmer's Nosy Neighbor
Ralph Lewis	Winchell
Phil Bloom	Hood
Harold Miller	Bystander

Technical Credits

Gordon Kahn

Barry Barringer

Joe Traub

Edwin L. Marin	Director
Gordon Kahn	Screenwriter
Barry Barringer	Screenwriter
Joe Traub	Screenwriter
Samuel Bischoff	Producer
Burt Kelly	Producer
William Saal	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Despite the presence of Bela Lugosi, David Manners, and Edward Van Sloan, all veterans of Dracula (1930), The Death Kiss is not a horror flick, although Sono Art-World Wide Pictures' original art copy certainly hinted that it was. Instead we have a whodunit set in a movie studio, which is certainly interesting enough. Said studio is actually the old Tiffany Productions, which at the time had entered into partnership with Sono Art. With language-mangling Alexander Carr as the studio boss, a harried director (Van Sloan), and a glamorous but headstrong star (played by glamorous but headstrong Adrienne Ames), The Death Kiss is also a sly parody of Hollywood in general. Bela Lugosi plays it straight, however, and is of course highly suspicious.

All Movie Guide - Hans J. Wollstein