The Kiss (1914 film)
Appearance
The Kiss | |
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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 |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent movie |
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.
Cast
- Margaret Gibson ... Alice, a shop girl
- George Holt ... Fred, her sweetheart
- William Desmond Taylor ... George Dale, society man
- Myrtle Gonzalez ... Helen, George's fiancee
- Loyola O'Connor ... Landlady
- Jane Novak ... Mazie, a saleslady
References
External links
- The Kiss at IMDb
- Clip from The Kiss of William Desmond Taylor and Margaret Gibson in restaurant scene