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| 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 |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| 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.
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