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The Kiss

1896 film directed by William Heise
Movie silent_short_film Q464761
The Kiss
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The Kiss

Summary

The Kiss is a silent short film[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of silent_short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Kiss's video is recorded as The Kiss (1896).webm[3].
  • The Kiss's image is recorded as May Irwin John C. Rice Kiss 1896.jpg[4].
  • The Kiss's instance of is recorded as silent short film[5].
  • The Kiss's director is recorded as William Heise[6].
  • The Kiss's genre is recorded as romance film[7].
  • The Kiss's genre is recorded as melodrama[8].
  • The Kiss's genre is recorded as silent film[9].
  • The Kiss's based on is recorded as The Widow Jones[10].
  • The Kiss's cast member is recorded as May Irwin[11].
  • The Kiss's cast member is recorded as John C. Rice[12].
  • The Kiss's producer is recorded as Thomas Edison[13].
  • The Kiss's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2012053573[14].
  • The Kiss's production company is recorded as Edison Studios[15].
  • The Kiss's director of photography is recorded as William Heise[16].
  • The Kiss's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0139738[17].
  • The Kiss's part of is recorded as National Film Registry[18].
  • The Kiss's Commons category is recorded as The Kiss (1896 film)[19].
  • The Kiss's color is recorded as black-and-white[20].
  • The Kiss's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 254495[21].
  • The Kiss's country of origin is recorded as United States[22].
  • The Kiss's publication date is recorded as +1896-01-01T00:00:00Z[23].
  • The Kiss's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028bhr[24].
  • The Kiss's distributed by is recorded as Thomas A. Edison, Inc.[25].
  • The Kiss's PORT film ID is recorded as 140459[26].
  • The Kiss's filming location is recorded as Edison's Black Maria[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Kiss's producer is recorded as Thomas Edison[13]. Its director is recorded as William Heise[6]. Cast members include May Irwin[11] and John C. Rice[12].

Publication

The Kiss's publication date is recorded as +1896-01-01T00:00:00Z[23]. Genres include romance film[7], melodrama[8], and silent film[9]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[18].

Subject and Themes

The Kiss's main subject is recorded as kiss[28].

Why It Matters

The Kiss ranks in the top 7% of silent_short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (241 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

public domain Thomas Edison United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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