The Kiss (1929 film)

The Kiss
The Kiss
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jacques Feyder
Screenplay by	Hanns Kräly
Story by	George M. Saville
Produced by	Irving Thalberg; Albert Lewin;
Starring	Greta Garbo; Conrad Nagel; Lew Ayres;
Cinematography	William Daniels
Edited by	Ben Lewis
Music by	William Axt (uncredited)
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	November 16, 1929;
Running time	62–65 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized); English Intertitles;
Budget	US$ 257,000[citation needed]

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 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "The Kiss (1929)", film details, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, Inc., New York. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "The Kiss (1929)", production details, American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
^ Walker, Alexander; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1980). Garbo: A Portrait. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, October 1980, page 184.

[TCM-1] "The Kiss (1929)", film details, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner, Inc., New York. Retrieved August 29, 2018.

[AFI-2] "The Kiss (1929)", production details, American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

[3] Walker, Alexander; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1980). Garbo: A Portrait. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, October 1980, page 184.

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