The Death Kiss (1932) - FFilms
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Date: 12/06/2022

FFilms.org  Actor killed by a bullet while filming. Was it murder? Bela Lugosi has a small role.

The Death Kiss (1932) is a mystery film starring David Manners as a crusading studio writer, Adrienne Ames as an actress, Bela Lugosi as a studio manager, and Edward Van Sloan as a film director. The comedy thriller features three leading players from the previous year's Dracula (1931 English-language film) (Lugosi, Manners, and Van Sloan), and was the first film directed by Edwin L. Marin.
The movie was produced by KBS Productions at Tiffany Pictures and released by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures. The film is currently in the public domain and is widely available as a result.
Plot
The leading man is killed during the filming of the final scene of a motion picture. Since he was involved with several women on the set, they are all suspects. When leading lady Marcia Lane (Ames) is accused, her boyfriend, screenwriter Franklyn Drew (Manners), begins a search for the real killer

Cast (in credits order)

    David Manners as Franklyn Drew
    Adrienne Ames as Marcia Lane
    Bela Lugosi as Joseph Steiner
    John Wray (actor) as Detective Lieutenant Sheehan
    Vince Barnett as Officer Gulliver
    Alexander Carr as Leon A. Grossmith
    Edward Van Sloan as Tom Avery
    Harold Minjir as Howell
    Barbara Bedford (actress) as Script Girl
    Al Hill (actor) as George - Assistant Director
    Harold Waldridge as Charlie - Bellhop
    Wade Boteler as Sergeant Owen Hilliker
    Lee Moran as Todd - Publicist