GRETA GARBO, LEW AYRES | THE KISS (1929) Oversized photo of torrid pre-Code moment
$350.00
[Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1929]. Vintage original 11 x 14″ (28 x 35 cm) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin photo. Hand numbered 440-24 in pencil. Original paper snipe attached to verso. Title The Kiss is handwritten. Fine.
A scandalous pre-Code story, The Kiss was MGM’s last non-talking picture. Garbo would talk soon after. In this she plays an unhappily married woman caught up in a murder trial.
In this scene which was prominently used in poster and publicity art, Lew Ayres (in his first role) mistakes her intentions and is killed soon after.
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