THE WAGES OF SIN (1938) BLU-RAY

Kino Classics + Something Weird Present Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture Volume 18: THE WAGES OF SIN!

The gold standard of exploitation films, Willis Kent’s The Wages of Sin (1938, b&w) is perhaps the most polished (and emotionally compelling) of the many low-rent melodramas that depicted the moral degradation of innocent women. Marjorie (Constance Worth) is an overworked laundress who treats herself to a night on the town, but a cocktail and a few puffs of “murder weed” scramble her moral compass and leads her into the arms of ruthless procurer Tony Kilonis (Willy Castello). After being exploited as a call girl and eventually imprisoned in a brothel, Marjorie escapes and confronts Tony, climaxing in one of the most unconventional endings of any courtroom drama. Directed by Herman E. Webber (Confessions of a Vice Baron) and featuring Blanche Mehaffey and Clara Kimball Young. This special edition of The Wages of Sin was restored in 4K by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, from the original 35mm negatives, and is presented here in cooperation with Something Weird and Sonney Amusement Enterprises.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Audio Commentary by Author and Filmmaker David Stenn
• Gallery of Archival Stills and Ephemera
• Assassin of Youth (1937, Eight-Minute Abridged Version)
• Something Weird Roadshow Shorts (From the Original S-VHS Masters): Father Was a Cheat, or Who’s Cheating Whom ; Females Fight in the Dressing Room, or Jealous Models