The Kiss (1896)
They get ready to kiss, begin to kiss, and kiss in a way that brings down the house every time.
- Date of release
- 1896-04-01
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (153)
- Runtime
- 1m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- William Heise
Casting
- May Irwin — Widow Jones
- John C. Rice — Billy Bilke
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Widow Jones
- Filmed in: Edison's Black Maria
The Kiss 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.
Production
The film was one of the last shot at Edison's Black Maria.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Not Easily Broken 2009 · ★ 6.3
- Newness 2017 · ★ 6.1
- The Magic of Ordinary Days 2005 · ★ 7.5
- Purple Hearts 2022 · ★ 8.0
- The Secret: Dare to Dream 2020 · ★ 7.4
- Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between 2022 · ★ 6.1
- The Duke of Burgundy 2015 · ★ 6.3
- Fifty Shades Darker 2017 · ★ 6.5
- The Sleeping Dictionary 2003 · ★ 6.6
- Time Is Up 2021 · ★ 6.5
- Love Me Love Me 2026 · ★ 6.1
- Nine Lives 2005 · ★ 6.1