The Kiss (1929 film)

The Kiss
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jacques Feyder
Screenplay by	Hanns Kräly
Story by	George M. Saville
Starring	Greta Garbo Conrad Nagel Lew Ayres
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	November 16, 1929 (1929-11-16)
Running time	65 minutes^[1]
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles
Budget	US$ 257,018.63

The Kiss is a 1929 American silent drama film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel and Lew Ayres in his first feature film. The film is known for being both MGM's and Greta Garbo's last silent film. It was also the last such film for Conrad Nagel.

Plot

Irene (Greta Garbo) is a young woman unhappily married to an older gentleman; to add to her woes, she is in love with a young lawyer, André (Conrad Nagel). Unable to find a solution to continue their romance, they stop seeing each other. Irene starts spending her time with young Pierre (Lew Ayres), the son of her husband's business associate, who is infatuated with her. When Pierre leaves for college, he begs her for a goodbye kiss. After a chaste kiss, Pierre steals another – as Irene's husband takes notice. A murder mystery and trial ensue. While The Kiss is usually referred to as a "silent" film, it did take advantage of the new sound technology, and was released with an orchestral score and sound effects.

Cast

Greta Garbo as Irene Guarry
Conrad Nagel as André Dubail
Holmes Herbert as Lassalle
Anders Randolf as Charles Guarry
Lew Ayres as Pierre Lassalle
George Davis as Durant, a private detective

Accolades

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated^[2]

References

↑ Alexander Walker; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (October 1980). Garbo: a portrait. Macmillan. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-02-622950-0. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
↑ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Nominees" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-19.

External links

The Kiss at the Internet Movie Database
The Kiss (1929) details, virtual-history.com; accessed September 8, 2015.

Films directed by Jacques Feyder

1910s	Monsieur Pinson policier Le Bluff Le Pied qui étreint Biscot se trompe d'étage Têtes de femmes, femmes de tête Un conseil d'ami L'Homme de compagnie Tiens, vous êtes à Poitiers? Le Frère de lait La Pièce de dix sous L'instinct est maître Le Billard cassé Le Pardessus de demi-saison Abrégeons les formalités La Trouvaille de Buchu Les Vieilles Femmes de l'hospice Le Ravin sans fond La Faute d'orthographe

1920s	L'Atlantide Crainquebille Faces of Children L'Image / Das Bildnis Gribiche Carmen Au pays du roi lépreux Thérèse Raquin The New Gentlemen The Kiss

1930s	Le Spectre vert If the Emperor Only Knew That Olympia Anna Christie Son of India Daybreak Le Grand Jeu Pension Mimosas Carnival in Flanders Knight Without Armour People Who Travel La Loi du Nord

1940s	Portrait of a Woman Macadam

Irving Thalberg

Producer	Foolish Wives (1922) Merry-Go-Round (1923) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) His Hour (1924) He Who Gets Slapped (1924) Greed (1924) The Unholy Three (1925) The Merry Widow (1925) The Tower of Lies (1925) The Big Parade (1925) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) Torrent (1926) La Bohème (1926) Brown of Harvard (1926) The Road to Mandalay (1926) The Temptress (1926) Valencia (1926) Flesh and the Devil (1926) Twelve Miles Out (1927) The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927) London After Midnight (1927) The Crowd (1928) Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) Show People (1928) West of Zanzibar (1928) The Broadway Melody (1929) The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929) Voice of the City (1929) Where East Is East (1929) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) Hallelujah (1929) His Glorious Night (1929) The Kiss (1929) Anna Christie (1930) Redemption (1930) The Divorcee (1930) The Rogue Song (1930) The Big House (1930) The Unholy Three (1930) Let Us Be Gay (1930) Billy the Kid (1930) Way for a Sailor (1930) A Lady's Morals (1930) Inspiration (1931) Trader Horn (1931) The Secret Six (1931) A Free Soul (1931) Just a Gigolo (1931) The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) The Guardsman (1931) The Champ (1931) Possessed (1931) Private Lives (1931) Mata Hari (1931) Freaks (1932) Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) Grand Hotel (1932) Letty Lynton (1932) As You Desire Me (1932) Red-Headed Woman (1932) Smilin' Through (1932) Red Dust (1932) Rasputin and the Empress (1932) Strange Interlude (1932) Tugboat Annie (1933) Bombshell (1933) Eskimo (1933) Riptide (1934) The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) The Merry Widow (1934) What Every Woman Knows (1934) No More Ladies (1935) China Seas (1935) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) A Night at the Opera (1935) Riffraff (1936) Romeo and Juliet (1936) Camille (1936) Maytime (1937) A Day at the Races (1937) Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) The Good Earth (1937) Marie Antoinette (1938)

Writer	The Trap (1922)

People	Norma Shearer (wife) Irving Thalberg, Jr. (son)

Related	The Love of the Last Tycoon

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