May Irwin's "Bully Song" from "The Widow Jones" 1895 plus Edison "Kiss" film

Description

Recorded by May Irwin on 20th May 1907, the song originated from the Broadway show "The Widow Jones" produced at the Bijou Theatre on 16th September 1895. 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 April 23, 1896. During its first year the most popular film shown using the "Edison" vitascope was the "May Irwin Kiss". May ...