A Kiss from Mary Pickford - 1927

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Sergei Komarov

Writers: Sergei Komarov, Vadim Shershenevich

Stars: Igor Ilyinsky, Anel Sudakevich, Mary Pickford

Release Date: 9 September 1927 (Soviet Union)

Also known as: A Kiss from Mary Pickford (undefined); Der Kuß von Mary Pickford (Germany); Il bacio di Mary Pickford (Italy - TV title); Pocalunek Mary Pickford (Poland); The Kiss of Mary Pickford (undefined)

Production Co: Mezhrabpom-Rus

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Goga is a Russian man who has no luck with women. He has a chance meeting with Mary Pickford. She kisses him in full view of several and he instantly becomes attractive to them. They chase him through streets, a la Buster Keaton in _Seven Chances_ (1925) .

Trivia

The footage of Pickford and Fairbanks was shot during their trip to the USSR. They knowingly participated as a gesture towards the new Russian film industry.

Connections

References: The Mark of Zorro (1920)

Referenced in Bowfinger (1999). The background story of how "Potseluy Meri Pikford" was made is referenced throughout this film (Bowfinger), in which a director creates a film around a famous actor without the actor knowing he/she stars in it.

Features The Mark of Zorro (1920). Scenes used.

Featured in Komediya davno minuvshikh dney (1980), Scenes from the earlier movie are showed while a movie presentation. Hollywood (1980) (TV Mini-Series), Hollywood: In the Beginning (1980) (TV Episode), Clip with Pickford and film fans. Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997). Die verschiedenen Gesichter des Sergej Eisenstein (1998) (TV Movie), scenes used.