The Kiss (1929)

A young boy (Lew Ayres) is infatuated with an older married woman (Greta Garbo). When he gives her an innocent kiss, her jealous husband (Anders Randolf) goes into a rage and begins beating the boy mercilessly. A shot rings out and the husband is dead. But by whose hands? Based on a short story by George M. Saville and directed by Jacques Feyder (KNIGHT WITHOUT HONOR). MGM was making the transition from silent films to talkies and THE KISS was one of their last silent movies. It was Garbo's last silent film and one of her biggest hits. However, it's not one of her better films. She is glorious, of course, and her presence elevates the film but it's a tired cliche ridden romance of an unhappily married woman staying in a loveless marriage to avoid scandal but it comes anyway. For Garbo fans only. With Conrad Nagel and Holmes Herbert.