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Eric Huffstutler	The Death Kiss (1933)	Lead	[-]
Apr 27 08 3:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This title that features Bela Lugosi doesn't seem to be as "available" as other PD titles. Which version on DVD has the best quality transfer? Brentwood (BCI Navarre) is horrible and and I have a passable but worn and still full of compression artifacting (especially during movement) Miracle Pictures DVD version that at one time was supposed the best available? I know more sets have come out but don't know their quality... please post.
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BijouBob8mm		#1	[-]
Apr 29 08 9:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I grabbed up that Passport Bela Lugosi set of 15 films (for about as many dollars) on five DVDs. Quality of the titles varies wildly, but there were some decent ones in there and it does give you the lion's share of Lugosi's poverty row stuff. That was the best version of DEATH KISS I'd seen so far, but keep in mind I'd only seen it prior to that on some really crappy EP mode VHS releases. (Doesn't Alpha also offer this?)
Zombie Dad		#2	[-]
Apr 30 08 12:45 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When TCM last aired this, the gunshots at the end were colored (or tinted?) red. ZD Zombie Dad's Online Art Store www.zazzle.com/zombiedad
Eric Huffstutler		#3	[-]
Apr 30 08 10:50 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	All should have the colorized gunshots - all copies I've seen so far do. Eric
Friend of Daniel		#4	[-]
Apr 30 08 5:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The incredibly lousy print in the Mills Creek 50 Mystery set doesn't include the tinted gunshots - as a matter of fact, it's so splicey and chopped up it doesn't include a good deal of the actual movie! I really like David Manners in this film - his smart, proactive, and funny script writer character is such a relief after his milquetoast Universal horror "heroes". If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.
HalLane		#5	[-]
Apr 30 08 7:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Friend of Daniel wrote: I really like David Manners in this film - his smart, proactive, and funny script writer character is such a relief after his milquetoast Universal horror "heroes". Me too -- he's kind of like writer 'Peter Alison', only done right!
Wich2		#6	[-]
Apr 30 08 7:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"I really like David Manners in this film - his smart, proactive, and funny script writer character is such a relief after his milquetoast Universal horror "heroes" " Check out THE MIRACLE WOMAN - totally revised my reputation of him. Best, -Craig W.
Southern Beau		#7	[-]
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MonsterGuy95		#8	[-]
Apr 4 12 10:22 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Where do the tinted/colorized scenes occur?
Lady Tottington		#9	[-]
Apr 5 12 8:59 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don't recall ever seeing whole scenes colorized--just the gunshots at the very end, when the sound stage is in darkness, are yellow/red. That is all I remember, MonsterGuy. Perhaps others remember more, but I can't. It is however, quite startling after all that black and white --then the black black of the dark stage suddenly punctuated by yellow.
TServo4		#10	[-]
Apr 5 12 12:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Also, there's the scene where the film catches fire in the projection booth, illuminating the screen with red flames, followed by yellow smoke coming out of the projection booth. J. Theakston Capitol Theatre, Rome, NY
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bela lugosi		#11	[-]
Apr 5 12 5:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is a great movie! With a great cast!
jamesenstein31		#12	[-]
Apr 5 12 6:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is a fun movie and I still use it as one of those rainy Saturday movies. Surprised it's not more recognized.
Maldor		#13	[-]
Apr 5 12 8:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good little thriller with nice atmosphere. Well worth seeing Supernatural perhaps bologna perhaps not. Bela Lugosi the Black Cat
lsohgirl		#14	[-]
Apr 21 12 11:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Alpha Video version isn't bad. I've got it on this neat set, Vintage Murder Mysteries. Which includes: WAYNE MURDER CASE, MURDER ON THE CAMPUS, THE KING MURDER, MURDER IN THE NIGHT, THE INVISIBLE KILLER, DEATH FROM A DISTANCE, THE TERROR, MURDER BY INVITATION, THE ROGUE'S TAVERN and THE DEATH KISS. And as usual, wonderfully designed disc covers. Individual discs, no 2-fers. Fun set.
bela lugosi		#15	[-]
Apr 22 12 11:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That sounds like a great set!
ryanbrennan		#16	[-]
Apr 27 12 11:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Near the end when the good guys are searching in the dark with their flashlights the beams are tinted yellow.
PriceMH		#17	[-]
Jun 12 12 11:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	More about color in "The Death Kiss": The projection-room fire has a reddish glow. The final chase has yellow flashlight beams and red bursts of gunfire. The tinting -- one print at a time -- is the work of Gustav Brock. This, from a print identified around 1975 in the warehouse of Cable Films of Kansas City, Mo. The discovery occurred just in time to fit into the original manuscript for Forgotten Horrors.
TomWeaver999		#18	[-]
Dec 14 12 4:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	http://www.archive.org/stream/hollywoodreporte1215wilk#page/n93/mode/2up
thehorrorboy		#19	[-]
Dec 14 12 4:15 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What does the industry term "Day and Date" mean?
BijouBob8mm		#20	[-]
Mar 5 13 10:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, after having seen several versions of this on DVD now, I think Alpha may be the winner here. (Did I just say that?) It has the tinted sequence when the film being shown in the projection room catches fire, and it has the tinted gunshots and the tinted flashlights from the finale. The other copies I've seen were either B&W only, or the tint was barely noticeable on the gunshots and flashlights.
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