The First Kiss

Aug 17, 1928

1h 1m

★ 0.0

All the world loves a lover.

Overview

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."

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation

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Cast

Anna Lee

Fay Wray

Mulligan Talbot

Gary Cooper

William Talbot

Lane Chandler

Carol Talbot

Leslie Fenton

Ezra Talbot

Paul Fix

"Pap"

Malcolm Williams

Other suitor

Monroe Owsley

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