POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Screenwriter, Popular Alternative, Artisan Entertainment
15 Aug 2016
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Pol128 thursday october 22nd, 2015 week 6. A little similar to american industry but mostly different. First screening of a movie in montreal in 1896. By ww1 most of canadas cities and smaller cities had theatres. Guys from brantford built luxurious theatre opened in 1906. Massie ferguson headquarter of a farm equipment industry. Middle classes didn"t start going to theatres till the 1920"s. Not much of a middle class back then. # of tickets sold declining in the last 30 years. Where movies were created: 60% from usa 40% from britain, france. Quebecers had relation with france and were interested in those films. 1911- issues: whether canada should have free-er trade with usa or not canadians did not want closer ties with usa britain was much more civilized and canadians preferred that. Relatively small market, montr al only large city: canada did not have a theatrical tradition theatrical skills only taught at broadway in new.
