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The story about Don Juan has been told 35 times in different movies.
One version from 1926 with John Barrymore in the title role has gone to
the movie history beacause Don Juan in the movie is kissing different women 191 times! That makes one
kiss every 53trd second- which is a record!
No need to wonder what the movie is all about...
In Kama Sutra,
the classic indian book, is 20 different kinds of kisses described.
In Japan kissing was " dirty, vulgar, undignified and
spreading deseases" - all according
to Tokyo´s police law. For that reason appr. 267.000 kissing scenes
were cut from american
movies released in Japan in 1926!
In Riverside,
California, USA, is an old law which makes kissing illegal if the couple
not have moistered their lips with rose water (!?)
The first
country in East allowing kisses in a movie was China. It was with Marnie Lee
in the movie Two Women in the House (1926).
William Shatner
and Nichelle Nichols in the TV show Star Trek was the actors that
exchanged kisses between a white and a black person in American TV. It was in 1968.
A kiss that last
for one minute burns 26 calories. Maybe a nice way to lose some weight?
In an American
opinion poll it was found that 8 % keeps their eyes open during a kiss
and as many
as 20 % admit they use to take a peek while closing their eyes. 41%
had their first real kiss in
the age of 13-15, while 36 % had to wait until between the age of 16 and
21.
The most memorable kiss in movie history is according to the same poll was
between Scarlett and Brett in Gone with the Wind, this according to 25%
of the participate in the poll.
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