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- Theatrical31 Jul 1956
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The History of the Cinema was released on 31 July 1956.
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2/16/2024
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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