![]() ![]() They usually consisted of a fight scene, a floozy doing a hoochy-coochy dance, slapstick comics, and possibly even an embrace ending with a long, lingering sensual kiss.Īmerica’s most cosmopolitan city is known for its cultural "firsts" which include being the birthplace of both jazz and Creole cuisine, having the country’s longest continuous operatic history, the oldest continuous community theater and, remarkably, the first movie house, Vitascope Hall, and its first public showing of a motion picture in America. ![]() They were made up of little skits strung together very loosely. Movies in 1896 were not long movies like today. The theatre accommodated 400 people and had two shows per day. ![]() Some noted people said it was a fad that would soon pass. If you really wanted to splurge, for another 10 cents you could get a frame of discarded film. For an extra 10 cents, you could get a look into the booth where the man was operating the vitascope. You may have recognized Ryan Gosling in the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport or Christian Bale at the One Shell Square building on Poydras. The name of the theatre was Vitascope Hall. On July 26, 1896, the first permanent home for showing movies in the United States was opened at 623 Canal Street, corner of Exchange Alley. 1896 First Movie Theater in the United States ![]()
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