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John C. Rice, born John C. Hilberg, (April 7, 1857 – June 5, 1915) was an American born Broadway stage actor and vaudevillian who is credited with performing the first onscreen kiss with May Irwin in 1896 for the Thomas Edison film company film The Kiss.
John C. Rice was born on 7 April 1857 in Beaverkill, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kiss (1896) and The Kleptomaniacs (1900). He was married to Sally Cohen. He died on 5 June 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Kiss (also known as The May Irwin Kiss, The Rice-Irwin Kiss and The Widow Jones) is an 1896 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.
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Comedy films. Novelty films. Short films. Silent films. Notes. - May Irwin (Beatrice Byke), John C. Rice (Billy Bilke). - Camera, William Heise. - Duration: 0:18 at 30 fps. - Scene from the New York stage comedy, The widow Jones, by John J. McNally, in which Irwin and Rice starred.
The first screen kiss took place between May Irwin (Canada) and John C. Rice (USA) for a short film entitled “The Kiss”, directed and photographed by William Heise in April 1896 for Edison Studios at their Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey, USA.
