POL 128 Lecture : Origins of Film Industry

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 128
• Professor: Joseph Zboralski

Document Summary

First exhibition of a film in canada was in june1896 in montreal . By world war 1 most of the major cities had movie theatres. The allen brothers started canada"s first successful movie theatres. Started out in brantford ontario (the sanderson centre for the arts). Considered to be entertainment for the poor/less literate, seen as something immigrants would do. Simple way to fill up their leisure hours (much less then in the modern era due to modern unions). From montreal: tried to entise the middle class to come into the theatre by hiring a 7 piece orchestra. Middle class only started going to movies in about the 1920s. 1936, the average canadian saw on average 1 movie per month, 1938, 18 movies per month. Canada"s film industry saw its peak in 1952 265 million admission sales for movies within the year. Canadians before world war one never watched canadian movies.