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2006-09-26 17:36:58 · 3 answers · asked by david p-p-preut 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
The earliest movies were shown on "peep show" style viewers in arcades.
Once projectors were developed around the 1890's the first theaters, called "Nickelodeons" (because they cost a nickle admission) opened and began seating audiences who all saw the same movie at the same time.
Early movies were one-reelers, comedy shorts and that sort of thing. The next step was to move up to feature length films, all still silent. These started around 1905 or thereabouts, and were largely the result of audience demands.
By the 1920's feature-length silent films were the norm. The next step was the talkies. They came in around 1929.
2006-09-26 17:49:27 · answer #1 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first theater dedicated exclusively to showing motion pictures was Vitascope Hall, established on Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1896. The first permanent structure designed for screening of movies was Tally's Electric Theater, completed in 1902 in Los Angeles, California.
The first patent for the Drive-In Theater (United States Patent# 1,909,537) was issued on May 16, 1933. With an investment of $30,000, Richard opened the first drive-in on Tuesday June 6, 1933 at a location on Crescent Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey. The price of admission was 25 cents for the car and 25 cents per person.
2006-09-27 00:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by missourim43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they got tired of wayang kulit.
2006-09-27 00:55:24 · answer #3 · answered by Totoru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋