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</B> <b>Argentine
Cinema History</b> <br>
<b>C</b>inema arrived
in Argentina soon after being launched in Paris and, in a short time, <b>the
first national productions</b> started to be shot. Among other attractions,
there were world-class pioneers in <b>scientific and animation movies</b>. But
the true industry started only in <b>1933</b>, with the establishment of <b>sound
film</b>.
<p align="left">The
good times, when the <b>Argentine movies</b> were watched all over Hispanic-America,
lasted until the early 1950s. Afterwards, the gradual closure of the big studios,
the growth of television, the stagnation of <b>popular cinema</b> and the isolation
of auteur cinema imposed other rules. On the basis of these new rules, present-day
<b>Argentina cinema</b> has been reduced as to quantity and market, but it retains
a special quality, which has been acknowledged worldwide.<br>
<img WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=10 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../../iconos/b88p.gif"><b>The
first filmic exhibition</b>, with a picture of the <b>Lumiére</b>'s,
took place on <b>July, 18, 1896</b>. In <b>1894 the kinetoscope</b> had already
made its arrival and, by early <b>1896</b>, a kinetoscope concessionaire had
tried <b>public projections</b> with a device of his own invention. In 1897,
the import of French cameras started, and a Frenchman living in Argentina, <b>Eugene
Py</b>, became the <b>first filmmaker and cameraman</b> with <b>La bandera argentina</b>
(The Argentine Flag), a short movie. <br>
<br>
<img WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=10 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../../iconos/b88p.gif">In
<b>1898</b>, Dr. Alejandro Posadas initiated <b>surgical cinema</b> by shooting
his own surgeries. In 1900, the first theaters specially intended for movie
projections and the <b>first filmed news reports</b> appeared.<br>
<img WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=10 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../../iconos/b88p.gif">After
that, it is worth mentioning the essays of <b>sound film</b> in 1907; <b>the
first fiction movie</b> with <b>professional actors</b>, <b>La revolución
de mayo</b> (May Revolution), in 1910; the f<b>irst feature-length film</b>,
<b>Amalia</b>, in 1914; the first big success, <b>Nobleza Gaucha</b> (Gaucho
Nobleness; with a cost of 25,000 pesos and box-office collections for half a
million in six months, aside from bootleg copies) in 1915; <b>the first animation
feature-length movie in the world</b>, <b>El apóstol</b> (The Apostle),
in 1917; and the first woman director in Latin America, also in 1917.<br>
<img WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=10 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../../iconos/b88p.gif">Including
melodramas, thrillers, comedies and movies with countryside subjects, during
the silent film period over 200 movies were shot, the most outstanding ones
being those with a tango climate by <b>Agustín Ferreyra</b>. However,
a true industry was never organized and the films were never properly preserved.
<br>
<br>
<img WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=10 vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0 align=BASELINE src="../../iconos/b88p.gif">The
true industrial arose with sound films in 1933. Virtually at the same time,
<b>Argentina Sono Film</b> was born, with<b> Tango</b> (where <b>Libertad Lamarque</b>,
<b>Tita Merello and Luis Sandrini</b> made their debut); and Lumiton, with <b>Los
tres berretines</b> (The Three Whims).
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