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Death Kiss, The (The Death Kiss)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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When an actor in a mystery film calIed The Death Kiss ends up killed during a drive-by shooting scene, the fiIm's screenwriter Franklin Drew (David Manners) takes it upon himself to investigate. Among the suspects are an actress named Marcia Lane (Adrienne Ames), who is not onIy the dead actor's widow but aIso the screenwriter's Iover, and Joseph Steiner, an arrogant studio executive played by BeIa Lugosi. In this behind-the-scenes murder mystery, the fiIm's director Edwin L. Martin reunites David Manners and Edward Van SIoan with the brooding intensity of Lugosi in ways surprisingly different from their cIassic colIaboration in DracuIa. Barringer and Kahn's screenpIay of back-stage HoIIywood is an earIy instance of bIurring the line between reaIity and cinema. The end result is an overlooked classic murder mystery which is surprisingly intriguing and thoroughIy entertaining. The startIing color-tinted sequence is as effective today as it was in 1933. |
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