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By the late 1920s, people drove cars (and complained about speeding tickets), travelled by airplane and went to the cinema (or 'kinema' as it was often known).
Obscene Desserts 2009
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Cinema - shortened from 19th century French 'cinematogaphe', in turn from Greek 'kinema' or 'kinemat' - movement.
Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2007
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Cinema - shortened from 19th century French 'cinematogaphe', in turn from Greek 'kinema' or 'kinemat' - movement.
Great Guelph Photos and Cool Blog Links by Creative Guelphites 2007
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Apeli i stilit fashist ka rritur përtej vetëm-guys të këqija në kinema popullore.
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From a feuilleton ( "dramatic, kinema and all other rights secured"): --
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 Various
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I had a serious talk with Norty about the Irish problem yesterday, and he tells me there's a whisper in the Lobbies that _certain persons_ have already sold the kinema rights of the first Irish Parliament to a film company for a _colossal_ sum and, as the money is spent and the company is _incessantly_ jogging them to deliver the goods, they're bound to put the thing through!
Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 Various 1898
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Now that Sir J.M. BARRIE has shown us the Transatlantic kinema man's idea of the perfect _M.cbeth_, it is up to the purveyor of American films to retaliate by presenting one of his plots for ordinary stage performance in the Kirriemuir manner.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916 Various 1898
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The next one nearly turned over, and Mr. Demmini decided to take out the kinema camera, which was got in readiness to film the picturesque scene.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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Published: 2009-10-20 22: 17: 17+01: 00 antwerpse kinema aktualiteiten jaren 80
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Published: 2009-10-20 22: 17: 17+01: 00 antwerpse kinema aktualiteiten jaren 80
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