The Kiss of Fire (1938)
Directed by Augusto Genina
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Naples au Baiser de Feu (The Kiss of Fire) was one of several films made in France by veteran Italian director Augusto Genina. Tito Rossi plays Mario, a Neapolitan cabaret singer who is tired of his life and hopes to settle down into a domestic existence with Assunta (Mirielle Balin) his boss' daughter. All of this changes when Mario falls in love with Lolita (Vivian Romance), the girlfriend of his roommate Michael (Michel Simon). On the day of his wedding to Assunta, Mario and Lolita skip town together, and for a while it looks as though there's going to be an unhappy ending for somebody. Some welcome comedy relief is provided by Marcel Dalio, whose part is so small that he doesn't even appear on the "official" cast list.
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apartment, bachelorette, church, femme-fatale, friendship, love, love-triangle, marriage, rival, romance, roommate