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| 26/2 - | First presentation of Kinemacolor is made to a paying audience at the Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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| Mar - | Charles Urban establishes the Natural Colour Kinematograph after acquiring 5-year rights to G. A. Smith’s invention. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 19/9 - | The Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly proposes the idea of film stories. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| Nov - | Provincial Cinematograph Theatres (PCT) is established with capital of 100,000. Sir William Bass is chairman, and R. T. Jupp is managing director. Their aim is to open a cinema in every town with a population greater than 250,000. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
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– The Cinematograph Film Act sets safety regulations for cinemas. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Cecil Hepworth introduces the Vivaphone, a system by which performers mime on film to pre-recorded 10” records. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Great Britain 1909: Other Films of Note | ||||
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The Martyrdom of Adolf Beck (G. R. Sims) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| Salome Mad (Theo Bouwmeester) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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Salome Mad (A. E. Coleby) [MORE] [ADD] |
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