- technology to synchronise film and sound did not exist until 1923
- piano player/organist would play where the movies were being shown
- films started as short clips and progressed to long films in 1915
Films, urbanisation and immigration
- big, diverse, ethnic groups
- progressive era - theatres being built
1927 - Roxy theatre - America
- Both sexes and ethnicities could mingle
Birth of the nation - 1915
- racist
- director said he was showing views of the time
Modern film industry
- after the war - for entertainment and distraction
British film market dominated by American products
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