The Kiss of Fire

{{short description|1937 film directed by Augusto Genina}} {{Infobox film | name = The Kiss of Fire | image = The Kiss of Fire.jpg | caption = | director = [[Augusto Genina]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Raymond Hakim]]|[[Robert Hakim]]}} | based_on = {{lang|fr|Naples au baiser de feu}} by [[Auguste Bailly]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Marcel Achard]]|Ernesto Grassi|[[Henri Jeanson]]}} | starring = {{ubl|[[Tino Rossi]]|[[Michel Simon]]|[[Mireille Balin]]|[[Viviane Romance]]}} | music =[[Vincent Scotto]] | cinematography =[[Robert Lefebvre]] | editing = [[Louisette Hautecoeur]] | studio = Paris Film Productions | distributor =Les Films Vog | released ={{Film date|1937|12|07|df=yes}} | runtime = 83 minutes | country = France | language = [[French language|French]] | budget = }} '''''The Kiss of Fire''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Naples au baiser de feu'''}}) is a 1937 French [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Augusto Genina]] and starring [[Tino Rossi]], [[Michel Simon]], [[Mireille Balin]] and [[Viviane Romance]].<ref>Plastino & Sciorra p. 128</ref> The film is based on the 1924 novel {{lang|fr|Naples au baiser de feu}} by [[Auguste Bailly]]. It had previously been made as a 1925 silent film and was later adapted again for a remake, ''[[Napoli terra d'amore]]'', in 1954.

It was primarily shot at the [[Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios]] in [[Nice]] with some [[location shooting]] in [[Naples]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[Guy de Gastyne]].

==Synopsis== Mario Esposito a singer who performs in a [[Naples]] [[restaurant]] is in love with his owner's niece Assunta and wants to marry her. However through his friend Michel he encounters another woman, Lolita, who lures him away from his true love. Eventually he is able to see the mistake he is making.

==Cast== * [[Tino Rossi]] as Mario Esposito * [[Michel Simon]] as Michel * [[Mireille Balin]] as Assunta * [[Marcel Dalio]] as Le photographe * [[Viviane Romance]] as Lolita * [[Leda Ginelly]] as Sylvia * [[Jane Loury]] as Tante Teresa * [[Joe Alex (actor)|Joe Alex]] as Le soutier * [[Marcel Bauçay]] as l'écailler * [[Lucien Callamand]] as Le dîneur * [[Jean-François Martial]] as L'administrateur * [[Georges Térof]] as Le vendeur

==References== <references/>

==Bibliography== * Goffredo Plastino & Joseph Sciorra. ''Neapolitan Postcards: The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject''. Scarecrow Press, 2016.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0029293}}

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