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FAQs

What happened to more than 1 3 of American cinemas movie theaters in the first five years of the Depression? ›

By 1933, movie attendance and industry revenues had fallen by forty percent. To survive, the industry trimmed salaries and production costs, and closed the doors of a third of the nation's theaters.

In 1896, Vitascope Hall, believed to be the first theater in the U.S. devoted to showing movies, opened in New Orleans.

1889 or 1890

Monkeyshines, by William Kennedy Dickson and William Heise. Believed to be the first film shot in the United States. An experimental film made to test the original cylinder Kinetograph format.

The Warner Theatre first opened its doors on November 14th, 1930. It had cost over $500,000 to build and was stocked with top-of-the-line projectors and sound equipment. (8) When it first opened, the Warner Theatre charged $0.25 for a matinee ticket, $0.40 for an evening ticket, and $0.15 for children.

It might come as no surprise that the home of Hollywood is the setting for most movies, with 543 films shot in Los Angeles.

The oldest continuously operating cinema theatre is the Washington Iowa State Theatre (USA) in Washington, Iowa, USA, which opened on 14 May 1897, and as of 26 January 2022 has been in continuous operation for 124 years, 257 days.

Why were movies so popular during the 1930's? Escapism. The Great Depression sent people scurrying to the movies for a nickel just to pass the time as jobs were hard to come by. Times were hard and just being entertained for two hours allowed people to forget their cares and dream a little about better times to come.

Within this context, the nation's film exhibition sector experienced tremendous losses and closures. Film historian Kathryn Fuller-Seeley emphasizes that small town theaters were hit especially hard; she estimates that “by 1932, about 8,000 of the nation's 23,000 movie theaters were closed.

Before the Depression, going to the movie theater was a major pastime. Fewer Americans could afford this luxury after the stock market crashed—so more than one-third of the cinemas in America closed between 1929 and 1934. Often, people chose to spend time at home.

How did the film industry change during the Great Depression? ›

During the 1930s, the entire film industry transformed and “Hollywood” became synonymous with big studio pictures and became the standard for movies around the world. Films became cheaper to produce as studios vertically integrated the production process, which allowed the price of film attendance to go down.