{"id":34392,"date":"2023-11-08T05:21:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34392"},"modified":"2023-11-08T05:21:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T10:21:57","slug":"the-death-kiss-1932-starring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34392","title":{"rendered":"The Death Kiss (1932) starring Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Adrienne Ames &#038; Vince Barnett \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z110823zview_deathkiss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"706\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Death Kiss <\/strong><\/em>(1932)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Edwin L. Marin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Screenplay by: <strong>Gordon Kahn, Barry Barringer <\/strong>based on THE DEATH KISS by<strong> Madelon St. Dennis<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starring: <strong>Bela Lugosi, David Manners, John Wray<\/strong><strong>, Adrienne Ames, Vince Barnett <\/strong>and <strong>Edward Van Sloan<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>IT&#8217;S FULL OF THRILLS!\u00a0 IT&#8217;S FULL OF FUN!\u00a0 IT&#8217;S FULL OF MYSTERY!\u00a0 IT&#8217;S FULL OF BIG NAMES!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Story:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When a movie&#8217;s leading man is killed on stage during the filming of a scene, in full view of everyone, the only question is: Who did it?\u00a0 Evidence seems to point to one person, then another.\u00a0 Finally it looks like the murder was committed by the leading lady.\u00a0 Franklyn Drew (Manning) believes she was set up.\u00a0 Drew begins to follow clues that will lead him to the true killer and maybe get him killed as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three stars (Bela Lugosi, David Manners and Edward Van Sloan) of <em>Dracula<\/em>, made the year before, return to star in <i>The Death Kiss.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The film&#8217;s copyright wasn&#8217;t renewed, so the film fell into the public domain.\u00a0 Beware of poor copies!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David Manners as Franklyn Drew is charming.\u00a0 Vince Barnett as Movie Studio Police Officer Gulliver is a hoot.\u00a0 They make the perfect duo as together they investigate the murder.\u00a0 Barnett in a way is Barney Fife to Manners Andy Griffith.\u00a0 I would have loved to have seen them in a series of murder comedies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Bela Lugosi gets top billing, it is actually David Manners who gets the most screen time.\u00a0 He&#8217;s never been better.<\/p>\n<p>The gunfight at the end of the movie is hand-tinted.\u00a0 This produces a cool effect for gunshots and flashlights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z110823zview_deathkiss2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Death Kiss (1932) Director: Edwin L. 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