The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901)

10/01/1901 (GB) • Comedy • 1m

Overview

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.

The Countryman and the Cinematograph (1901)

10/01/1901 (GB) • 1m

Comedy

Overview

A satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train.

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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

film in film

silent film

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