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Kiss (1929) [VHS]
see larger picture 		  Staring: Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf, Holmes Herbert, Lew Ayres
Director: Jacques Feyder
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5

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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786306000340
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6306000348
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Running Time: 89
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1929-11-16
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Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 Couldn't disagree more, 2006-01-10
This movie is the last silent film MGM made. I do not think it is a "mediocre" Garbo vehicle in anyway. The cinematography in this film for it's time is very well done, intriguing concepts of "flashbacks" during the story and how they are expressed with this early film technology make it very worthwhile. A classic example of how something extremely innocent one minute can turn into a crime the next. Garbo's acting is very fine.

Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5 Wrong Kiss, 2001-12-02
Sorry, but I can't figure out any other way to correct a mistake on Lawrence M. Burnabo's otherwise excellent National Film Registry lists. The title may be the same, but "The Kiss" that's on the NFR is Edison's 1896 kinetoscope film, not this Garbo silent.

Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 Last silent film for Garbo and MGM, 2007-09-19
This isn't the best Garbo silent ever made, but it was the last, and it was also the final silent film made by MGM. It's only a little over an hour long, and supposedly was originally 90 minutes long. What makes this film good is the combination of Garbo's acting and the cinematography here. Movies like this and Sunrise make me somewhat sad that the silent film era ended, because what could be done creatively with the camera was lost from this point until the early 30's once the problems of the static camera got worked out and the novelty of sound at the expense of everything else wore off. Garbo convincingly plays the sympathetic yet no-longer-in-love wife when in the presence of her husband (Anders Randolf), the longing lover who wishes to defy convention and just leave her marriage behind regardless of the consequences when with André Dubail (Conrad Nagel), and the knowledgable "older" woman who is enjoying the attention she is getting when with the very young and naive Pierre Lassalle (Lew Ayres). Whenever she is alone she has no trouble conveying which of these three moods she is in. The story is a very good tale of tortured romance with a little bit of mystery thrown in towards the end, but the main attraction is the romance and the beautiful and creative shots. The only thing really annoying is the original Vitaphone score that went along with the movie. With all of the other subtle expression going on in this film, the choice of the theme song from "Romeo and Juliet" to convey the feelings between Garbo and Nagel every time they shared a scene just seemed a bit over the top.

There are still quite a few Garbo silents such as this that are very worthwhile and are not yet on DVD. TCM should do a volume two of their "Garbo Silents" and at least include this film, "The Single Standard", "A Woman of Affairs", and "Love". "Love" is a very good film and isn't even on VHS.

Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5 Greta's Kiss, 2010-06-18
I strongly urge all to experience this movie. At a time when silents were just about over in favor of talking Pictures, Garbo remained silent and ever so popular. This was one of the highest grossing films of the year 1929.
It would be Garbo's last silent. The story is full of romance and intrigue and tainted love. Beautifully photographed, with sets and costumes to compliment. This movie introduced Lew Ayers, who would become a matinee idol and lead actor throughout the coming decade. But again the movie belongs to Greta Garbo. The moods, the emotions, the kissing, the forced laughs, gestures. Its Garbo. The actress, the enigma and the legend. Experience, The Kiss.

Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5 Garbo Kiss, 2010-07-17
The Kiss is a great film. Well worth seeing even for non Garbo Fans.