DEADLY DAMES FILM NOIR COLLECTOR'S SET

Product Details

• Format: 2-DVD9s & 1-DVD5
• Version: Widescreen/Full Screen
• Rating: NR
• Runtime: 266mins
• Aspect: 1.77:1/1.33:1
• Year: 1956, 1964, 1948
• Item #: 8511
• Region: NTSC
• Audio: Dolby Digital
• Color: Color/B&W
• Language: English
• Country: USA
• UPC: 089859851124
• ISBN: 1-55739-125-4

Summary

Disc One:
SLIGHTLY SCARLET: Based on James M. Cain’s novel LOVE’S LOVELY COUNTERFEIT and a brilliant follow up to his 1940s successes DOUBLE INDEMNITY and POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. Driven by blind ambition, fast-talking publicity man Ben Grace (John Payne) has found a way to smear the reputation of “reform” mayoral candidate Frank Jansen (Kent Taylor). He will do so by exposing Jansen’s red-haired girlfriend, June (Rhonda Fleming), with her man-hungry kleptomaniac sister, Dorothy (Arlene Dahl), who also happens to be a convict out on parole. In the process however, Ben finds himself falling for June and seduced by Dorothy, while crime boss Solly Caspar (Ted de Corsia) is breathing down his neck, expecting him to deliver on his promise. John Alton, the legendary noir director of photography, really shows his prowess here in blazing Technicolor. - 1956 (99 minutes)

Disc Two:
NAKED KISS, THE: Kelly, a prostitute who tires of her city syndicate and seeks to forget her past, arrives in the small town of Grantville and obtains a job at the Children's Orthopedic Hospital as a nurses' aid. At once, in the small town, she is caught up in a romantic whirl, first with a police chief who wants her for what she used to be, and then with his best friend, the town's millionaire, who, even though aware of her former life, begs her to marry him. She accepts, but things go awry as Kelly discovers a shocking murder scene. Arrested by the police chief, she is quickly convicted in the minds of most townspeople and must suffer their judgement based on her past. Released by Allied Artists. - 1964 (93 minutes)

Disc Three:
BLONDE ICE: Thought lost since the early 70's, BLONDE ICE tells the bizarre tale of a beautiful society columnist who's desire for money and position turn her into a serial killer--a story most Hollywood studios of the 1940's wouldn't touch! The tagline "ICE in her veins-ICICLES in her heart" perfectly describes Claire Cummings as she eagerly seduces rich and powerful men. This recently discovered "B" film gives new meaning to the phrase "willing victims" and shows what film noir on a tiny budget could look like. 1948 (74 minutes)

TRT: 266 minutes

Bonus

Disc One:
Original Theatrical Trailer
Anamorphic Widescreen Enhanced for 16x9 monitors
Commentary by Award Winning mystery writer and filmmaker Max Allan Collins

Disc Two:
Bonus Film Noir TV Episode titled Dark Stranger from the Star and the Story series, starring Edmond O'Brien
Actor Bios

Disc Three:
Film Noir Trailers
Bios and Filmographies
Photo Gallery
Commentary by Jay Fenton, Film Restoration Consultant
Bonus Film Noir TV Episode - Into the Night
Bonus Soundie – Satan Wears a Satin Dress
Video Interview with Jay Fenton on Film Restoration
Edgar Ulmer – A Fascinating Possibility
Liner Notes written by Jay Fenton

Actors

• Disc One:
• SLIGHTLY SCARLET: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Arlene Dahl, Kent Taylor, Ted DeCorsia
• Disc Two:
• NAKED KISS, THE: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, Virginia Grey, Patsy Kelly
• Disc Three:
• BLONDE ICE: Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige, Michael Whalen, Walter Sande, John Holland, James Griffith, David Leonard

Producers

• Filmcrest
• RKO
• Film Classics Inc

Directors

• SLIGHTLY SCARLET: Allan Dwan
• NAKED KISS, THE: Samuel Fuller
• BLONDE ICE: Jack Bernhard