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The first film was created by Louis Le Prince in 1888. It was a two second film of people walking around in a garden and was called ‘Roundhay Garden Scene’. The first silent films were short, usually only a few minutes in length. 1929, when the means of recording sound and movement at the same time was discovered, silent films became obsolete, with the exception of Charlie Chaplin whose character of the Tramp was compatible with silent medium. When the silent era ended he refused to go along with sound; instead he maintained the melodramatic Tramp as his mainstay in ‘City Lights’ (1931) and ‘Modern Times’ (1936).
Toy theatres, made from paper and mounted on wood or board were a popular form of entertainment in Europe from about 1811. Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlie Chaplin and Winston Churchill all enjoyed staging a play in a miniature theatre.
The toy theatre has experienced a remarkable revival in recent years. Every year in Germany there is an International Paper Theatre Festival, which attracts participants from all over the world. There is also an annual festival in New York. The biggest museum of toy theatres is in Sweden and original toy theatre producers such as Pollocks are still trading in England.