Matinees On Main Street: A Movie History Podcast

Episode 11: New York City Sees It's First Moving Pictures Through a Peephole Machine

Episode Summary

<p>The Edison Company starts to sell kinetoscopes through a outside distribution group formed by the Holland Brothers of Toronto, Ontario, and Norman Raff and Frank Gammon.  The foursome establish a kinetoscope parlor on Broadway in the old theater district and are surprised by their immediate success.  </p>

Episode Notes

The Edison Company starts to sell kinetoscopes through a outside distribution group formed by the Holland Brothers of Toronto, Ontario, and Norman Raff and Frank Gammon.  The foursome establish a kinetoscope parlor on Broadway in the old theater district and are surprised by their immediate success.