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The Great Train Robbery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc7wWOmEGGY

August 28 2009, 8:34pm | Comments »

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3,000-year-old butter found in Kildare bog

http://www.discoveryon.info/2009/08/3000-year-old-butter-found-in-kildare.html

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August 21 2009, 9:07pm | Comments »

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The May-Irwin Kiss (Edison, 1896)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zURTEs8C1lo

The May Irwin Kiss - also known as The May Irwin-John C. Rice Kiss or The John C. Rice-May Irwin Kiss, lasts just a few seconds and was directed by William Heise. An amorous moment from the Broadway play The Widow Jones is shared by actors John C. Rice and May Irwin.

In 1896 the Edison Company purchased the rights to a motion picture projector that had been invented by C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat. The projector was renamed the "Vitascope" and had its commercial debut on 23 April 1896. During its first year the most popular film shown using the "Edison" vitascope was the "May Irwin Kiss."

May Irwin (1862--1938) was a Canadian actor, comedienne and singer. Her first starring role on Broadway came in 1895 in a musical comedy created for her by J.J. McNally, called "The Widow Jones". In one…