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Constellation

The Lumière brothers

Created by Maria Lewis

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Find Me a Māori Bride

Samson and Delilah

The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat

Hugo

Penny Dreadful

The Dead Lands

The Lumière brothers understood the potential of cinema to be exhibited theatrically. Only one person could watch films through Thomas Edison's Kinetograph, while Auguste and Louis exhibited their films to thousands with Cinematographe.

Auguste and Louis Lumière → The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat