The Kiss
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kiss, May Irwin Kiss, Picture of a Kiss
1896 film directed by William Heise
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Vinony's link graph records 104 inbound references to The Kiss, and connects out to Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Museum, Canada and Thomas Edison.
Vinony files it under 1890s American films, 1890s romance films and 1896 films.
Vinony links it to 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Directed by
- William Heise
- Based on
- The Widow Jones , 1895 Broadway musical, by John J. McNally
- Starring
- May Irwin , John Rice
- Distributed by
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Release date
- April 1896 ( 1896-04 )
- Running time
- 18 seconds
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English (silent)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- silent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- kiss
- Director
- William Heise
- Cast member
- John C. Rice
- Producer
- Thomas Edison
- Production company
- Edison Studios
- Cinematographer
- William Heise
- Filming location
- Edison's Black Maria
- Duration
- 18
- FilmAffinity ID
- 254495
- Image
- May Irwin John C. Rice Kiss 1896.jpg
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- title
- The Kiss
- Commons category
- The Kiss (1896 film)
- publication date
- 1896-01-01
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- color
- black-and-white
- copyright status
- public domain
- described at URL
- www.loc.gov/item/00694131
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Encyclopedic overview
The Kiss (also known as The May Irwin Kiss, The Rice-Irwin Kiss and The Widow Jones) is an 1896 short film, and was one of the first films ever shown commercially to the public. Around 18 seconds long, it depicts a re-enactment of the kiss between May Irwin and John Rice from the final scene of the stage musical The Widow Jones. The film was directed by William Heise for Thomas Edison. The film was produced in April 1896 at the Edison Studios of Edison, the first film studio in the United States. At the time, Edison was working at the Black Maria studios in West Orange, New Jersey.
In 1999, the short was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Kiss” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.