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“A Work in Progress: An Exploration of Peterborough’s Amazing Movie-Going History”, by Robert G. Clarke

For a rich and well-researched account of the movie-going experience in Peterborough, Ontario, CANADA, please be sure to visit this website by Robert G. Clarke. https://www.peterboroughmoviehistory.com/ Robert is looking for…

February 1, 2022

History·Pioneers

The Perfect Order of a Canadian Crowd: Cinema in Ottawa, 1894-1896

When projected moving pictures appeared for the first time in Ottawa during the summer of 1896, they were not greeted with the sort of uncomprehending astonishment suggested by some historical…

April 18, 2017

History·Pioneers

Port Arthur Amateur Cinema Society: Lady Lumberjack

The film, Sleep-Inn Beauty, presented by the Amateur Cinema Society, was directed by Harold Harcourt, from a story adapted by M. Dorothea Mitchell.…

April 5, 2017

History·People

Frederick Conway Edmonds

Frederick Conway Edmonds of Lindsay, Ontario, was one of the first travelling showmen in Canada. Born in England on June 2, 1850, he had come to Canada as a young…

November 12, 2015

Michal Ann and Patrick Lawrence CRAWLEY, CROSLEY

It is with a sad heart that I share the…

Celebrating National Canadian Film Day APRIL 16, 2025

Presenting the Canadian Cameo Series “Launched in 2014, CanFilmDay has…

Crawley College

by James A. Forrester F. R. “Budge” Crawley (1911-1987) was…

Beyond the Printed Word: Interview with Rosemary Bergeron

"All too often people dealing with history, studying history, think…