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) moving image motion picture two-dimensional moving image Comedy films. Novelty films. Short films. Silent films. xxu monographic United States Edison Manufacturing Co. 1896 189604 eng

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viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 34 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. 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. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. 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. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files. This film was selected for the National Film Registry. Kissing FYA 0597 (viewing print) Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00047798 AVCMS (DLC) 47798 00694131 aacr amim DLC 991201 20250606182131.9 12024092 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)