The First Kiss (1928 American film)
1928 film
- B. P. Schulberg
- Rowland V. Lee
- Adolph Zukor
- Jesse Lasky
- Fay Wray
- Gary Cooper
Production
company
company
Paramount Pictures
Release date
- August 25, 1928 (1928-08-25) (USA)
Running time
(English Intertitles)
The First Kiss is a 1928 American sound romantic drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper.[1] While the film has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects and a theme song. Based on the short story Four Brothers by Tristram Tupper, the film is about a Chesapeake Bay fisherman who turns to pirating in order to be rich enough to marry a society girl.
The First Kiss was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. Today it is considered to be a lost film.[2][3][4] Some filming took place on the Chesapeake Bay in Saint Michaels, Maryland.[3]
Cast
- Fay Wray as Anna Lee
- Gary Cooper as Mulligan Talbot
- Lane Chandler as William Talbot
- Leslie Fenton as Carol Talbot
- Paul Fix as Ezra Talbot
- Malcolm Williams as Pap
- Monroe Owsley as Other Suitor
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled “The First Kiss” which was composed by Al Dubin and J. Russell Robinson. [5]
References
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (August 28, 1928). "First Kiss (1928)". The New York Times. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30. The American Film Institute, c.1971.
- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: The First Kiss at silentera.com
- ^ The First Kiss at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1928
- ^ Wlaschin, K. (2009). The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings. United States: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The First Kiss (1928 American film).
- The First Kiss at IMDb
- The First Kiss at the TCM Movie Database
- Stills #1, #2, #3, and #4 at Talbot County and the Movies, Talbot County Free Library
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Films directed by Rowland V. Lee
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- Gambling (1934)
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- The Three Musketeers (1935)
- One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
- Love from a Stranger (1937)
- The Toast of New York (1937)
- Service de Luxe (1938)
- Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
- Son of Frankenstein (1939)
- Tower of London (1939)
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