19 June 1905: First nickelodeon opens | This Day In History

[mcgillianaire]

[SOURCE"On this day in 1905, some 450 people attend the opening day of the world’s first nickelodeon, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and developed by the showman Harry Davis. The storefront theater boasted 96 seats and charged each patron five cents. Nickelodeons (named for a combination of the admission cost and the Greek word for “theater

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[loganberrybunny]

110 years... and sometimes you look at the cinema listings and wonder whether it was worth all the effort. =:P

[mcgillianaire]

Haha quite so! Especially at the major commercial chains. Quite a few, although there don't seem to be many of them about any more, of the repertory/independent/art cinemas still deliver a decent offering.