Could this be the first crime film where the murder happens in a film within the film???
Myles Brent is an actor with many enemies. While "shooting" a scene from a film entitled "The Death Kiss" he is gunned down.
David Manners is the likable crime writer who wants to get to the bottom of things and clear lovely Adrienne Ames of suspicion of murder. Bela Lugosi is Joseph Steiner, the studio head (does he have something to hide????) His speech at the end is great. I think his casting threw everyone off the scent.!!! Barbara Bedford, who had a huge career in both silent and sound films, plays a script girl. Mona Maris, is strangely uncredited as Mrs. Agnes Avery. She was from Argentina and worked in Hollywood a few years. This was her last film before going back to Argentina.
The "Tonart" studios in the film was actually Tiffany Studios - it was interesting to see behind the scenes. Also interesting was seeing the early sound equipment that the studio used. When David Manners finds a gun in the camera and takes it apart (the camera), you can see the mechanism - I found it fascinating.
Myles Brent is an actor with many enemies. While "shooting" a scene from a film entitled "The Death Kiss" he is gunned down.
David Manners is the likable crime writer who wants to get to the bottom of things and clear lovely Adrienne Ames of suspicion of murder. Bela Lugosi is Joseph Steiner, the studio head (does he have something to hide????) His speech at the end is great. I think his casting threw everyone off the scent.!!! Barbara Bedford, who had a huge career in both silent and sound films, plays a script girl. Mona Maris, is strangely uncredited as Mrs. Agnes Avery. She was from Argentina and worked in Hollywood a few years. This was her last film before going back to Argentina.
The "Tonart" studios in the film was actually Tiffany Studios - it was interesting to see behind the scenes. Also interesting was seeing the early sound equipment that the studio used. When David Manners finds a gun in the camera and takes it apart (the camera), you can see the mechanism - I found it fascinating.