{"id":8186,"date":"2016-01-08T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/?p=8186"},"modified":"2016-01-07T18:59:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T02:59:49","slug":"film-noir-friday-the-kiss-of-death-1947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/?p=8186","title":{"rendered":"Film Noir Friday: The Kiss of Death [1947]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8190\" src=\"https:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/kiss-of-death-movie-poster-1947-1020414224.jpg\" alt=\"kiss-of-death-movie-poster-1947-1020414224\" width=\"580\" height=\"817\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcome! The lobby of the Deranged L.A. Crimes theater is open! Grab a bucket of popcorn, some Milk Duds and a Coke and find a seat. Tonight\u2019s feature is THE KISS OF DEATH starring Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, and Coleen Gray. This was Richard Widmark&#8217;s film debut, and he is unforgettable as Tommy Udo.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8192\" src=\"https:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/tommy_udo_kissofdeath.jpg\" alt=\"tommy_udo_kissofdeath\" width=\"350\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the reasons I selected this film is that it opened in 1947&#8211;the same year as one of the most notorious unsolved murders in Los Angeles&#8217; history&#8211;the slaying of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia. I&#8217;m covering the Dahlia case over the next couple of weeks. Enjoy the film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TCM says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Christmas Eve, down-on-his-luck Nick Bianco, an ex-convict, and his three cohorts rob a jewelry store located on the top floor of a New York skyscraper. Before they can exit the building, however, the proprietor sets off his alarm, and Nick is apprehended by the police. Later, Assistant District Attorney Louis D&#8217;Angelo tries to persuade Nick, who has two young daughters and a wife, to name his accomplices in exchange for a light sentence. Sure that his lawyer, Earl Howser, and cohorts will look after his family while he is incarcerated, Nick refuses and is given a twenty-year sentence. Three years later, at Sing Sing Prison, Nick learns that his wife has committed suicide, and his daughters have been sent to an orphanage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kiss Of Death (1947) - Victor Mature\/Richard Widmark\/Brian Donlevy\/Coleen Gray\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zXsb266Vm7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! The lobby of the Deranged L.A. Crimes theater is open! Grab a bucket of popcorn, some Milk Duds and a Coke and find a seat. 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