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The May Irwin Kiss (USA)The Rice-Irwin Kiss (USA)
The Widow Jones (USA) (alternative title)
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Kiss, The (1896)
**** (out of 4)
Once again I wouldn't call this film "entertaining" but it is very important on a historic level. Also known as The May Irwin Kiss or The Rice-Irwin Kiss, this Edison short is the first movie to feature a kiss. Not only is this film interesting for being the first kiss but it's also worth noting that many protests were held towards this film as various religious groups felt that kissing on camera was a major sin and just more proof of how dirty and evil these moving pictures were. It's funny to think that this would garner so much hatred at the time but today this is a very charming film. I've seen it four or five times now and each viewing puts a smile on my face as the two actors just appear to be having fun. Neither are all that attractive but that makes the film seem more real to me.