The Kiss

The Kiss

10 mins | Drama | April 14, 1914

Directed by Ulysses Davis, the screenplay was based on a story by Marc Edmund Jones. Long thought to have been a lost film, a copy was found and put on YouTube. The film is the only known surviving film in which director William Desmond Taylor appears as an actor. In 1964 Taylor's co-star Margaret Gibson, shortly before her death, reportedly confessed to having murdered him in 1921.

The Kiss

10 mins | Drama | April 14, 1914

The Kiss
Directed by Ulysses Davis, the screenplay was based on a story by Marc Edmund Jones. Long thought to have been a lost film, a copy was found and put on YouTube. The film is the only known surviving film in which director William Desmond Taylor appears as an actor. In 1964 Taylor's co-star Margaret Gibson, shortly before her death, reportedly confessed to having murdered him in 1921.
Producers Vitagraph Company of America
Original title The Kiss
Directors Ulysses Davis
Writers Marc Edmund Jones

Cast

Patricia Palmer

as Alice - a Shop Girl

George Holt

as Fred - Alice's Sweetheart

William Desmond Taylor

as George Dale - a Society Man

Myrtle Gonzalez

as Helen - George's Fiancée

Loyola O'Connor

as The Landlady

Jane Novak

as Mazie - a Saleslady