Underplayed Gems

The Kiss (1929)

The Kiss poster
Directed by
Jacques Feyder
Genre
drama film, silent film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
59 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A married woman is caught in a tense triangle when a younger man falls for her and her jealous husband intervenes. The story unfolds through expressive acting and a synchronized musical score.

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What happens

The Kiss is a 1929 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Jacques Feyder, starring Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, and Lew Ayres in his first feature film. The film has no audible dialogue but featured a synchronized musical score and sound effects. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric Sound System sound-on-film process. The soundtrack was also transferred to discs for those theatres that were wired with sound-on-disc sound systems. The film, which is based on a short story by George M. Saville, The Kiss, bears the same title as the 1896 short that "shocked" the American public by being the first motion picture to depict a couple kissing. This 1929 production is notable for being the last major film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) without dialogue and the final non-speaking performances by both Garbo and Conrad Nagel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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