Movie·1928·1h 1m

The First Kiss

All the world loves a lover.

Directed By

Rowland V. Lee

Country

United States of America

Language

No Language

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The Story

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."

Written By

John Farrow

Producer

Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky

Cinematography

Alfred Gilks

Themes

brotherfishermanmarylandalcoholismlawyerpiratephysicianfatherhoodclergylost filmclass distinction

Production House

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation