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The First Kiss is a american film of genre Drama directed by Rowland V. Lee released in USA on 24 august 1928 with Fay Wray
The First Kiss (1928)
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Add to a movie listThe First Kiss is a 1928 American silent romantic-drama film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper. 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 a lost film. Some filming took place on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
Actors
Fay Wray
(Anna Lee)
Gary Cooper
(Mulligan Talbot)
Malcolm Williams
("Pap")
Lane Chandler
(William Talbot)
Leslie Fenton
(Carol Talbot)
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