A Night at the Cinema in 1914
2014
· ⭐ 7.5 · Votes: 1
Cinema a century ago was a new exciting and highly democratic form of entertainment. Picture houses nationwide offered a sociable lively environment in which to relax and escape from the daily grind. With feature films still rare the programme was an entertaining ever-changing roster of short items with live musical accompaniment. 100 years on this special compilation from the BFI National Archive recreates the glorious miscellany of comedies dramas travelogues and newsreels which would have constituted a typical night out in 1914. Our selection includes a comic short about a face-pulling competition a sensational episode of The Perils of Pauline scenes of Allied troops celebrating Christmas at the Front and an early sighting of one of cinema’s greatest icons.
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