May Irwin Kiss

An 18-second film featuring actors May Irwin and John C. Rice performing a kiss scene from the New York stage comedy 'The Widow Jones' by John J. McNally. Filmed at the request of the New York World newspaper, this became the most popular Edison Vitascope film of 1896. The actors get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and continue kissing in what was described as bringing down the house every time. This film was selected for the National Film Registry and represents one of cinema's earliest close-up shots.

Titel

• May Irwin Kiss

Zuletzt geändert

• 07/28/2026

Schöpfer

• Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Bibliographic citation

• May Irwin kiss, 1896. Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Mitwirkender

• Heise, William
• Irwin, May
• Rice, John C.

Datum erstellt

• 1896-04

Identifikator

• 00694131
• FYA 0597

Stichwort

• Early cinema
• Edison films
• Silent film
• National Film Registry
• May Irwin
• Black Maria studio

Sprache

• Silent

Herausgeber

• Edison Manufacturing Co.

Ressourcentyp

• Moving Image

Source

• work-1
• Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division

Fach

• Motion pictures--United States--History
• Silent films
• Kissing in motion pictures