The First Kiss

The Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a drunk, soddenly decaying in his ruined ancestral home, and three of his sons (William, Carol, and Ezra) are lazy, shiftless young men. Mulligan, Pap's second son who supports the entire family by oyster fishing, falls in love with wealthy Anna Lee, but when he first kisses her, she calls him "white trash."

• Rowland V. LeeDirector
• John FarrowWriter

• Fay WrayAnna Lee
• Gary CooperMulligan Talbot
• Lane ChandlerWilliam Talbot
• Leslie FentonCarol Talbot
• Paul FixEzra Talbot
• Malcolm Williams"Pap"
• Monroe OwsleyOther suitor
• George Nash(uncredited)