A spur-of-the-moment trip to the Thousand Islands Region of New York and a stop for a Reuben at a local diner, led food columnist Maggy Button to question if the
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The first motion picture made in the United States was "The Kiss," which was produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1896. The film, which was directed by William Heise and starred May Irwin and John C. Rice, was shot in New York City and ran for about 46 seconds.
Illegally made and exhibited, featuring hardcore sex images and acts, stag films were vital stepping stones toward the sexual revolution of the 1960s. As much teaching tools as turn-ons for early viewers, stags were instrumental in modifying attitudes toward sex over the course of the 20th century. The Museum of Sex in New York offers a fascinating peep at the history of stags, from the earliest days of silent cinema to the 1960s, replete with mock 1930s movie theater and titillating artifacts and footage. PKM’s Erika Blair speaks with Kelsey Brewer, the curator of STAG.
Allyson Nadia Field, a film scholar at the University of Chicago, was one of the experts last fall who was able to trace the Chicago origins of "Something Good-Negro Kiss," a recently discovered film clip depicting an early onscreen kiss between two African-Americans, likely shot in 1898.