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The cinema exhibition, film still, A/F 1912

Production: Pathé Frères. The film can be viewed at the viewing stations in the study centre of the Film Archive Austria.

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    From travelling show to cinema

    Even before the turn of the century, vaudeville theatres were the main venue for film projections in Austria-Hungary, and travelling shows remained popular until 1910. Because there were so few films, the main programme needed to have variety, and the shows also had to move around rapidly to different places.