POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Telefilm Canada
1 Mar 2017
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Montreal: first movies were seen in 1896. Alan brothers - canada"s first big chain of movie theatres. Film was viewed as entertainment for poor people, immigrants who didn"t understand the language (silent films were easy to understand) 1936 - average canadian saw about 12 movies per year. Movie going in canada peaked in 1952 - 260 million tickets were sold. Canada has extremely close cultural ties to britain. Peter morris (film historian) - why canada never developed its own indigenous film industry in the early days: Canada lacked a theatrical tradition (new york had broadway) Shortage of money (without large amounts of money you can"t get the big stars, directors, writers etc. ) Ernest shipman produced 7 or 8 commercial films around the early 1920s (he made money with these films / they were based on popular books about adventures in the. By the 30s and 40s, there are really no more canadian owned movie theatres (american owned)
