First public screening of a feature film

According to Official Guinness Records,

The first commercial presentation of motion pictures was at Holland Bros' Kinetoscope Parlour at 1155 Broadway, New York City on 14 April 1894. Viewers could see five films for 25 cents from a double row of Kinetoscopes developed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (1860-1935) assistant to Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) in 1889-91.

For a complete list of 1894 records, please visit 1894 Guinness Records in United States.

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