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Director
  
Sergei Komarov

Cinematography
  
Yevgeni Alekseyev

Country
  
Soviet Union

6.1/10
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Genre
  
Comedy

Duration
  

A Kiss from Mary Pickford movie poster

Language
  
Silent film Russian intertitles

Release date
  
September 9, 1927 (1927-09-09)

Writer
  
Sergey Komarov, Vadim Shershenevich

Initial release
  
September 9, 1927 (Soviet Union)

Screenplay
  
Sergei Komarov, Vadim Shershenevich

Cast
  
Igor Ilyinsky
(Goga),
Anel Sudakevich
(Duzya Galkina),
Mary Pickford
(Herself),
Douglas Fairbanks
(Himself)

Similar movies
  
Soviet Union movies, Silent movies

1927 a kiss from mary pickford


A Kiss From Mary Pickford (Russian: Поцелуй Мэри Пикфорд, Potseluy Meri Pikford) is a 1927 Soviet silent comedy film made in directed by Sergei Komarov and co-written by Komarov and Vadim Shershenevich. The film, starring Igor Ilyinsky, is mostly known today because of a cameo by the popular film couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. The footage of the couple was shot during their visit to the USSR, with the couple knowingly participating as a gesture towards the Russian film industry.

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A Kiss from Mary Pickford movie scenes

A print of the film still exists and is preserved at the Library of Congress. The film was shown during the Berlin International Film Festival in February 1991 and at San Francisco Silent Film Festival Winter Festival at the Castro Theatre in February 2009.

Plot

Goga Palkin is a theatre check-taker in love with an beginner actress named Dusya. She has a crush on Douglas Fairbanks and only wants to date someone famous like a Hollywood star. After a chance meeting and a kiss from Mary Pickford, Goga becomes a local celebrity, and a lot of girls chase him through the streets. The popularity of her admirer makes Dusya jealous, and she falls for him.

Cast

  • Igor Ilyinsky as Goga Palkin
  • Anel Sudakevich as Dusya Galkina
  • Abram Room
  • Mary Pickford as herself (cameo)
  • Douglas Fairbanks as himself (cameo)
  • Vera Malinovskaya as herself (cameo)
  • References

    A Kiss from Mary Pickford Wikipedia
    A Kiss from Mary Pickford IMDbA Kiss from Mary Pickford themoviedb.org