Greta Garbo

THE KISS

MGM, 1929.  Directed by Jacques Feyder.  Camera:  William Daniels.  With Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Holmes Herbert, Anders Randolf, Lew Ayres, George Davis, André Cheron.

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Irene, victim of a loveless marriage to wealthy Guarry, carries on a clandestine affair with André, a young lawyer whom she loves but forces herself to forget; in desperation, he leaves and goes to Paris.

Pierre, the youthful son of a Lyon financier, is fascinated by Irene and, when she gives him an innocent goodby kiss, Guarry, thinking she has been unfaithful to him, attacks the boy.  The ensuing struggle results in Guarry's death.  Irene recounts the events of the fateful evening to the police, but her story is full of contradictions and she keeps the boy's name out of the affair.

Brought to trial, she is acquitted with André's help, but later she confesses that she killed her husband to save the boy's life.  At last she finds happiness with André.

American Film Institute Catalog

Additional photos courtesy of Benoit, Gary, and Rikke