Kissed is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by King Baggot and starring Marie Prevost, Lloyd Whitlock, and Lillian Langdon.[2]

Kissed
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Directed byKing Baggot
Written byDoris Schroeder
Based on"Kissed"
by Arthur Somers Roche[1]
StarringMarie Prevost
Lloyd Whitlock
Lillian Langdon
CinematographyBen Bail
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Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 22, 1922 (1922-05-22)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a film magazine,[3] irrepressible young woman Constance Keener (Prevost) has her own ideas about choosing a husband. At a masquerade ball she is kissed by a stranger and thinks she has found her ideal. However, she is unable to determine which of three men, dressed alike, delivered the kiss. She finally decides it was Dr. Moss (Whitlock) and agrees to elope with him. While leaving on a train she discovers, when he kisses her, that Dr. Moss is not the man from the ball. When the train is held up by a bandit and she is kissed by the "highwayman," she then finds her ideal, the young millionaire Merson Torrey (Glendon) who originally sought her hand.

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Preservation

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A copy of Kissed is held by the Museum of Modern Art.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Kissed at silentera.com
  2. ^ Munden, p. 409.
  3. ^ "Reviews: Kissed". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (23). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 50. June 3, 1922.
  4. ^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Kissed

Bibliography

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  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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