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May Irwin

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May Irwin (June 27, 1862 – October 22, 1938) was a Canadian actress, singer and star of vaudeville. [1]

27 relations: Adolph Zukor, African Americans, Augustin Daly, Broadway theatre, Buffalo, New York, Clayton, New York, Famous Players Film Company, Folly Theatre, George M. Cohan, Grindstone Island, John C. Rice, Kensico Cemetery, Kinetoscope, London, Merritt Island, Florida, New York City, RCA Records, Silent film, St. Louis, The Kiss (1896 film), The Widow Jones, Thomas Edison, Thomas F. Grady, Thousand Islands, Tony Pastor, Vaudeville, Whitby, Ontario.

Adolph Zukor

Adolph Zukor (January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was an American film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures, born in Austria-Hungary.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Augustin Daly

John Augustin Daly (July 20, 1838June 7, 1899) was one of the most influential men in American theatre during his lifetime.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second largest city in the state of New York and the 81st most populous city in the United States.

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Clayton, New York

Clayton is a town in Jefferson County, New York, USA.

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Famous Players Film Company

The Famous Players Film Company or Celebrated Players was a film company founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, the powerful New York City theatre impresarios.

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Folly Theatre

The Folly Theatre was a London theatre of the late 19th century, in William IV Street, near Charing Cross, in the City of Westminster.

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George M. Cohan

George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer.

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Grindstone Island

Grindstone Island is the fourth largest of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River and the second largest of the American islands in the St.

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John C. Rice

John C. Rice (April 7, 1857, Sullivan County, New York – June 5, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American born Broadway stage actor who is credited with performing the first onscreen kiss with May Irwin in 1896 for the Thomas Edison film company film The Kiss.

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Kensico Cemetery

Kensico Cemetery, located in Valhalla, Westchester County, New York was founded in 1889, when many New York City cemeteries were becoming full, and rural cemeteries were being created near the railroads that served the city.

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Kinetoscope

The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Merritt Island, Florida

Merritt Island is a census-designated place in Brevard County, Florida, located on the eastern Floridian coast, along the Atlantic Ocean.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (and in particular, no spoken dialogue).

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St. Louis

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The Kiss (1896 film)

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.

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The Widow Jones

The Widow Jones was an 1895 New York City stage musical comedy.

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Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor.

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Thomas F. Grady

Thomas Francis Grady (November 29, 1853 in New York City – February 3, 1912 in Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

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Thousand Islands

The Thousand Islands constitute an archipelago of 1,864 islands that straddles the Canada–US border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario.

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Tony Pastor

Tony Pastor (May 28, 1837 – August 26, 1908) was an American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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Whitby, Ontario

Whitby is a town in Durham Region.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Irwin

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