The May-Irwin Kiss (Edison, 1896)

[TheAmrator]

That is one ugly woman!

[MarialeYdler]

Lo que ha avanzado el cine!!!

[ChainsawingRico]

lol Took a class about Films, My teacher told me this was considered pornography at the time and people were furious! They though Edison was nuts for showing this.

[henneytampa]

@Veklychbogan I'm with you. Gross!

[bompiberlot]

Ese tipo era un cochino... Besar a esa vieja gorda y fea... Puagh !

[eblogznet]

great vid

@fremovie4 eblogz.net

[Vladpogod]

Я бы вдул

[kukushtv]

Так один из них баба??!!!!

[dadoctah]

Well, it's better than having Fred Ott sneeze on you!

[TheInspector3000]

late 19th century teen would have this on their hardrive.

[fridnetha]

This was considered as a scandal already during that time, LOL. But now, you can see lots of people having PDA.

[CrimsonPetal100]

Love the way the guy brushes out his mustache and then starts nibbling on her lips during the kiss...it's funny ....and super cute!

[arashtony]

I love how they make you wonder if "kissing" to them means talking face to face, and then they get all serious and ready for a real kiss, and that's when he starts nibbling her lips like a little mouse. Goofy, but adorable.

[ooollleeeg777]

Кто с лурки пришел - плюсуем!!!

[internetcashcow1]

Hey I have not listened to this tune for months and I really missed it. Awesome video upload.

[td2gether4ever]

So most think Edison was the inventor of the film projector.hmmm

Just like Bill Gates he took the credit for others inventions.

Was shocking for it's day.lol

[imkohia]

Amazing to think that this was pretty scandalous back in the day. :o

[DDKILLER990]

this woman is hot, how can i get her?

[alyness33]

gotta love that 1800's porn! Lol

[ansherinacute]

People in the old days must not yet learned French Kiss...That was a mustache kiss!!! hahaha!

[ysbaddaden2003]

She looks like a linebacker.

[1Bannik]

I would like to know what they are saying. 

[9eigh]

@hanriberes yup it's true, this movie was filmed in 1896, when there was no audio not even background music.

[kudujongen]

i thought this film was 47 seconds.

[InvaderJem]

@kudujongen I guess it depends on the speed at which the film is shown... with silent films, you can get away with speeding up or slowing down the footage.

[yportal101]

sad how people didn't even kiss on screen before and now every thing in existence is shown!

[joshbassham]

@yportal101 um ok...why is that sad?

[yportal101]

@joshbassham I meant it's sad how everything is shown now... not that it's sad how people didn't kiss on screen. XD

[yhm8gaggy]

wonder how many people fapped to this back in the day

[ifhgsfj]

@pathetic1955 It's funny because this is a silent film.

[karrrido]

'mah mustache brings all the girls to the yard'

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

how times have changed...

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Just think; If Abraham Lincoln lived he would be 86 when this was filmed. In other words he could have been filmed, we could have had film footage of Abraham Lincoln. Thanks a lot JW Booth!

[LesSilence02]

The way they talk while their lips are touching, the man adjusting his moustache, and then holding her head to kiss - it's those things that make this scene more romantic than most on-screen kisses today.

[grogtgs]

it's hardly a kiss

[AdamfMc]

Wait, is that it? They didn't even kiss until the very end. They're just talking. Very strange.

[speew]

this is gay..and that bitch is fucking ugly

[super7fanboy]

@speew then dont watch

[allana221]

Disturbing...

[hunarf]

from pecking to gang banging, how far we come. ;*)

[nmorrill]

"pardon me, madam, whilst i adjust my 'stache; thereafter we may first-base it 'till the proverbial cows come home."

[jsimone1320]

this is the first real gay kiss between two men yuk

[plilula]

@jsimone1320 the man is impersonating a woman,that's not a gay kiss this is cinema

[Vitanola]

"The man" is the famous actress May Irwin. She had a long career upon the boards, both in legitimate theater and in Vaudeville, before retiring to manage her the extensive portfolio of Manhattan real estate that she had assembled during her salad days.

[Naruhinaluver15]

tsk tsk tsk i have never been so appalled get a room you two

LOL

[tokyogirl79]

Is anyone able to read the lips of the actors in this film? I'd love to know what they were saying- I've heard that many times in silent films the actors were saying things far different from what the written lines or gestures inferred. They'd also "pepper" the lines with coarse language (for the era) & such. Some people who are able to read the lips of the older film stars say that most films turn into a comedy when you read the lips to see what they were really saying!

[newwave89]

Is she saying "How much do you love me?"

[manfuckthisshit]

Ugliest bitch ever

[Zeanu]

Om nom nom!

[ekocentric]

It couldn't end fast enough. They reminded me of all of the teens who developed what I call "backseat elbow" trying to perform "coitus almost interuptus" and failing horribly all around.

[FreshwaterSeas]

This isn't complete. The original was about 45 seconds long, according to the film histories.

[latinapeacechick]

Look at what's considered shocking today... incredible to think so much has changed

[chandru1103]

Welcome to post-modernism. Right?

[erploco]

so shocking for its day. but sometimes just seeing two people give a kiss in public can make someone very uncomfortable, even today.

[Pimentinha1980]

Li sobre esse filme, foi catalogado como o primeiro filme pornográfico da história.

[coixtube]

Bellissima coppia. Che un bacio faccia scandalo in un mondo dove sparare con un fucile è normale mi dà tristezza.

.. I heard them say that love is just a four letter word...

[LockedPig]

This is illegal you know!

[enossified]

from the description (upper right): Critic Herbert Stone complained, " . . . neither participant is physically attractive and the spectacle of their prolonged pasturing on each other's lips was hard to beat when only life size. Magnified to gargantuan proportions and repeated three times over is absolutely disgusting!"

"Prolonged pasturing" (!)

[pixargod]

looks like a man

[crumpledpaper409]

She like dissed him... until the end

[ekocentric]

It's nothing that a certs couldn't have helped.

[eliaspoveda]

Quien le iba a decir a Edison que esto se vería en una cosa llamada YouTube. xD

[melonitis]

el primer beso "apasionado" en el cine,precursora de las películas picantes!

[AttentionSeeker00]

Are you the legal guardian of John Connor?

I just want to ask him a few questions

[Zagato86Trueno]

Can anyone make out what she's saying?

[JohnsonBrand2000]

Filth, filth I tell you!

[VORMITTER]

Sooo cute!

[brushstrokesrock]

This is controversial...during that time.

[gabilou]

I'm in love. What a doll!

[necropornstar]

First porn movie!

[Bickaa8012]

Great sarcasm! It was ridiculous to be called porn back in the day.

[tomitstube]

@necropornstar ~ lol!

[super7fanboy]

@necropornstar ummmm lol no there was real porn at the time.......

[iluvhopndballet]

@super7fanboy but there was! however it was taken underground not in movies :D

[OnlyJasonere]

I bet this was shocking back in the day.

[klaatuchan]

At the very end of the film, it looks like he's doing some kind of "Num-num-num" on her instead of kissing her. A great piece of film history!

[gottohappen]

This is terrific. I have been studying film for years, and if it weren't for youtube I may have never gotten to see this classic gem!!! Thanks for the post:)

[taureleafsilver]

this is too cute. ^^

[theevilaaron88]

or not..lol

[theevilaaron88]

this is caled " The Kiss from edison "

[AbiH31]

Wow!

Thats well over 100 years old, yet the quality is pretty good :)

[AbiH31]

Wow!

Thats well over 100 years old, yet the quality is pretty good :)

[LittleLulu62]

It was more like they were pressing their faces together and talking more than kissing! O_o

[tvshowcaochfan77]

How do you people get this stuff? Its wonderful!!! Keep posting video like this . :0)

[aledivn88]

the first kiss in video!

[NYVoice]

I doubt he ever went back for more. Oh well...why quibble? It's history.