jan 1, 1910 - The first Western

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Gradually the films became longer and started to tell stories. Edwin Sydney Porter was one of the first
directors who made such a film in 1903. It was “The Great Train Robbery”, the first Western in the History
of the Cinema.
Porter's film and the storytelling films that followed made the cinema still more popular in
the United States, “nickelodeons” began to appear.
“Nickelodeons” were cinemas where people paid a nickel (5 cents) to see several short films. It was
much cheaper than other entertainment.

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