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A Kiss from Mary Pickford

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A Kiss From Mary Pickford
Movie poster
Directed bySergei Komarov
StarringIgor Ilyinsky
Anel Sudakevich
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Vera Malinovskaya
CinematographySergei Komarov[1]
Distributed byMezhrabpom-Rus
Release date
  • 9 September 1927 (1927-09-09)
Running time
6 reels
CountrySoviet Union
LanguagesSilent film
Russian intertitles
A Kiss from Mary Pickford

A Kiss From Mary Pickford (Russian: Поцелуй Мэри Пикфорд, romanizedPotseluy Meri Pikford) is a 1927 Soviet silent comedy film made and 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.[2][3]

A print of the film still exists and is preserved at the Library of Congress.[4] 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

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Goga Palkin is a theatre check-taker in love with a 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.[4]

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Book of Lists #3 (Patrick Robertson's 10 Favorite Movie Oddities) p. 196 ISBN 0-553-27868-1
  2. ^ Whitfield, Eileen (1997). Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 245.
  3. ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 175.
  4. ^ a b "Russian Films in the Library of Congress". Library of Congress. 15 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
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