POL 128 Lecture 9: Wed, Mar 1

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

Document Summary

By 1922, the allen brothers theatres were coast to coast. In the u. s. , going to the theatre was entertainment for the lower class because it was viewed as a cheap way to use up your leisure time. ; same as in canada: ernest willman built a very elaborate theatre in montreal hoping to make movies more respectable. Hired a 7-piece band to perform while the movie played (because it was silent film), Theatres that could afford it would hire a piano player to accompany the movie. The theatre did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)ork out a(cid:374)d shut down: middle class i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada did(cid:374)"t really start goi(cid:374)g to the (cid:373)o(cid:448)ies u(cid:374)til the (cid:1005)9(cid:1006)(cid:1004) because of famous actors, by 1930, cinema became mass media. In 1936, the average canadian watch about 12 movies per year. In 1952 (peak year), there was 260 million paid admissions to movies in canada (never been higher): around the time of world war 1 (1915-1920), approx.