A Kiss from Mary Pickford
| A Kiss From Mary Pickford | |
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 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Sergei Komarov |
| Starring | Igor Ilyinsky Anel Sudakevich Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks Vera Malinovskaya |
| Cinematography | Sergei Komarov[1] |
| Distributed by | Mezhrabpom-Rus |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Silent film Russian intertitles |
A Kiss From Mary Pickford (Russian: Поцелуй Мэри Пикфорд, romanized: Potseluy 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 popular American film couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, who play themselves. The scenes featuring the couple were shot during their visit to the USSR. A legend claims that Pickford and Fairbanks did not know that footage of them would be used in a Soviet fiction film. In reality, the couple knowingly participated to the project 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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)
- Vasili Bokarev as A young man
- Olga Bazanova as Appearing
- Vera Marinich as Appearing (not in credits)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Book of Lists #3 (Patrick Robertson's 10 Favorite Movie Oddities) p. 196 ISBN 0-553-27868-1
- ^ Whitfield, Eileen (1997). Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 245.
- ^ Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 175.
- ^ 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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