03422cgm a2200637 a 4500 12024092 20250606182131.9 mr bf fnnartnna|------ cr ||||||||||| 991201s1896 xxu001 mleng 12024092 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-movingim qm22 2012-08-10 qm22 2012-8-16 qm22 2014-07-08 qm22 2017-10-12 qm08 2017-10-25 qm03 2024-04-25 LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-1033 00694131 189604 3814 W44 98799023 DLC amim DLC DLC FYA 0597 (viewing print) May Irwin kiss (Motion picture : 1896) May Irwin kiss / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Title in Edison films catalog: Kiss United States. United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1896. viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 34 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent projected g rdamedia film reel mr rdacarrier Duration: 0:18 at 30 fps. Scene from the New York stage comedy, The widow Jones, by John J. McNally, in which Irwin and Rice starred. According to Edison film historian Charles Musser, the actors staged their kiss for the camera at the request of the New York World newspaper, and the resulting film was the most popular Edison Vitascope film in 1896. Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 197-99; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 11 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 70 [MI]; Eagan, D. America's film legacy, p. 4-5. Camera, William Heise. May Irwin (Beatrice Byke), John C. Rice (Billy Bilke). Filmed April 1896, in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: An osculatory performance by May Irwin and John Rice. The most popular subject ever shown. From Edison films catalog: By May Irwin and John Rice. They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss and kiss and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time. 50 feet. $7.50. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files. This film was selected for the National Film Registry. Kissing. Comedy films. lcgft Novelty films. lcgft Short films. lcgft Silent films. lcgft Heise, William, camera. Irwin, May, 1862-1938, cast. Rice, John C., cast. McNally, John J., 1853 or 1854-1931. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress) DLC May Irwin kiss (DLC) 47798 AVCMS Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu digital viewing copy ntscrm 00047798 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00047798 35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8087 to FYA 0597. mi/edison ammem mbrs-nfr nsr