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The Lumière brothers

Created by Maria Lewis

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The Lumière brothers understood the potential of cinema to be exhibited theatrically. Only one person could watch films through Thomas Edison's Kinetograph, while Auguste and Louis exhibited their films to thousands with Cinematographe.