简介：Filmabouttheoriginsofthecinema.Dogsplayingthepiano,contortionistsdefyingthepainlimits,andlocalnews"inlifesizeandmovement"earlyfairgroundcinemawasagreatattractionandsensation.Besidesthevarietytheatres,itwereparticularlythetravellingcinemaswhichcontributedtotherapidestablishmentofthecinematographasapopularmedium.Withthetongue-in-cheektitle,similartoabarkers'syell,"CrazyCinématographe".Hand-colouredserpentinedances,eroticpiquanciesandlocalstreetscenesevokethecolourfuldiversityofearlyshort-filmprogrammes.Thefilm"EuropeanCinemaofAttractions18961916"shows,inavariedsequence,raritiesfromthetreasurechestsoftheEuropeanfilmarchivesrangingfromDanishanarchisticslapsticktoScottishX-rayfilmsandaBelgiumfilmshowingahunt. WillEvans,theMusicalEccentricGB1899,1' AnarkistensSvigermoderDK1906,4' DansaSerpentinaF1900,1' LeRoidesDollarsF1905,2' L'HommemystérieuxF1910,6' LeRéveildeChrysisF1897-99,1' PremierPrixdevioloncelleF1907,3' AgoustFamilyofJugglersGB1898,1' LesTulipesF1907,4' Dr.Macintyre'sX-RayFilmGB1896,1' Dr.Macintyre'sX-RayCabinetGB~1909,1' BaindesdamesdelacourF1904,1' 13TheAdventuresof"WeeRobRoy"No.1GB1916,4' LesKiriki,acrobatesjaponaisF1907,3' TheMotoristGB1906,3' Photographied'uneétoileF1906,2' LesChienssavantsF1907,5' HorribleFind'unconciergeF1903,2' APeaceofCoalGB1910,3' MissHarry'sfemmeserpentF1911,3' BaindepiedsàlamoutardeF1902,2' ScènepornographiqueF1909,2' L'AmblystomeF1913,7' LeBarbierfindesiècleF1896,1' LèvrescolléesF1906,2' TheTaleoftheArkGB1909,6' FacheuseMépriseF1905,1' SculpteurmoderneF1908,6' AcrobaticomiciI1910,5' FoxterriersetratsF1902,1' SaidaaenlevéManneken-PisB1913,7' AurevoiretmerciF1906,2'…