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The History of the Cinema

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A humorously semi-factual account of the history of cinema.

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English

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Director

John Halas

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John Halas

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United Kingdom

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  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical31 Jul 1956

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The History of the Cinema was released on 31 July 1956.

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    CinemaSerf

    2/16/2024

    7/10

    Maurice Denham takes us on a lightly humorous journey from the beginnings of art, then via a possibly heretical monk to the camera obscura, then to the top secret development of the movie camera. Who got there first? Well it was a Frenchman who initially demonstrated a moving image - some can-can dancers? Cinema is born to great applause and soon they were popping up all over the world. The birth of Hollywood - the C…

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