POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Takers, Luxurious, W. M. Keck Observatory
20 Apr 2017
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Roughly the same time when the first film was shown in both canada and u. s. By 1920 850 commercial theatres in canada in different locations. Early success stories in film business: allen bros: created the first chain of movie theatres in canada (1907, built their first theatre in brantford, theatre was very elaborate, big (1200 people). Beautifully decorated: reason they built theatre in brantford: brantford was a very prosperous city. English canadians had very close ties with britain. Why canada didn"t develop in the early days f the media: 1. Canada didn"t have a lot of big cities: montreal was considered the biggest: 2. Canada did not have a domestic theatrical tradition: didn"t have an indigenous theatrical tradition, 3. Shortage of investment capital movies: people were not willing to invest money in the making of, wasn"t a problem in hollywood they are bigger risk takers. Canadians are much more conservative with their money.
