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The First Kiss
“All the world loves a lover.”
9.0 / 10• 1928• 1h 1m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
The Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a drunk, soddenly decaying in his ruined ancestral home, and three of his sons (William, Carol, and Ezra) are lazy, shiftless young men. Mulligan, Pap's second son who supports the entire family by oyster fishing, falls in love with wealthy Anna Lee, but when he first kisses her, she calls him "white trash."
Cast & Crew
Fay Wray
Anna Lee
Lead
Gary Cooper
Mulligan Talbot
Lane Chandler
William Talbot
Leslie Fenton
Carol Talbot
Paul Fix
Ezra Talbot
MW
Malcolm Williams
"Pap"
Monroe Owsley
Other suitor
George Nash
(uncredited)
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Rowland V. Lee's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. The First Kiss is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
