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The Kiss
The Kiss
Directed by	Ulysses Davis
Written by	Marc Edmund Jones (story)
Starring	Margaret Gibson; George Holt; William Desmond Taylor; Myrtle Gonzalez
Release date	April 15, 1914;
Running time	10 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent movie

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The Kiss is a 1914 Vitagraph silent drama short motion picture starring Margaret Gibson, George Holt, William Desmond Taylor, and Myrtle Gonzalez.^[1]

Directed by Ulysses Davis, the screenplay was based on a story by Marc Edmund Jones. Long thought to have been a lost film, a copy was found and put on YouTube. The film is the only known surviving film in which director William Desmond Taylor appears as an actor. In 1964 Taylor's co-star Margaret Gibson, shortly before her death, reportedly confessed to having murdered him in 1922.

Plot

Cast

Margaret Gibson ... Alice, a shop girl
George Holt ... Fred, her sweetheart
William Desmond Taylor ... George Dale, society man
Myrtle Gonzalez ... Helen, George's fiancée
Loyola O'Connor ... Landlady
Jane Novak ... Mazie, a saleslady

References

^ The Kiss at silentera.com database

External links

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[1] The Kiss at silentera.com database

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-'''''The Kiss''''' is a [[1914 in film|1914]] [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph]] [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film|drama]] [[short subject|short]] [[film|motion picture]] starring [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]], [[George Holt (actor)|George Holt]], [[William Desmond Taylor]], and [[Myrtle Gonzalez]].
+'''''The Kiss''''' is a [[1914 in film|1914]] [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph]] [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film|drama]] [[short film|short]] [[film|motion picture]] starring [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]], [[George Holt (actor)|George Holt]], [[William Desmond Taylor]], and [[Myrtle Gonzalez]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/Kiss1914.html ''The Kiss'' at silentera.com database]</ref>
-[[film director|Directed]] by [[Ulysses Davis]], the [[screenplay]] was based on a story by [[Marc Edmund Jones (writer)|Marc Edmund Jones]].
+[[film director|Directed]] by [[Ulysses Davis]], the [[screenplay]] was based on a story by [[Marc Edmund Jones (writer)|Marc Edmund Jones]]. Long thought to have been a [[lost film]], a copy was found and put on [[YouTube]]. The film is the only known surviving film in which director [[William Desmond Taylor]] appears as an actor. In 1964 Taylor's co-star [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]], shortly before her death, reportedly confessed to having murdered him in 1922.
+==Plot==
+{{no plot|date=January 2024}}
 ==Cast==
-*[[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]] ... Alice, a shop girl
+* [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]] ... Alice, a shop girl
-*[[George Holt (actor)|George Holt]] ... Fred, her sweetheart
+* [[George Holt (actor)|George Holt]] ... Fred, her sweetheart
-*[[William Desmond Taylor]] ... George Dale, society man
+* [[William Desmond Taylor]] ... George Dale, society man
-*[[Myrtle Gonzalez]] ... Helen, George's fiancee
+* [[Myrtle Gonzalez]] ... Helen, George's fiancée
-*[[Loyola O'Connor]] ... Landlady
+* [[Loyola O'Connor]] ... Landlady
-*[[Jane Novak]] ... Mazie, a saleslady
+* [[Jane Novak]] ... Mazie, a saleslady
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*{{imdb title|id=0004193|title=The Kiss}}
+* {{IMDb title|id=0004193|title=The Kiss}}
-*[http://www.silent-movies.com/Taylorology/wdt.mov Clip from ''The Kiss'' of William Desmond Taylor and young lady (likely Gonzalez) in restaurant scene]
+* [https://archive.org/details/VitagraphKiss ''The Kiss'' with William Desmond Taylor and Margaret Gibson]
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