A Study On The Cinemas Of Chengdu In The 30-40's Of 20th Century

The movie, as the only art whose accurate invention time can be known came into China in 1896. As early as in 1904, there was movie-project activity in Chengdu, an inland city of China. Because of the increase of the times of movie projection and the acceptance of the movies by audience gradually, the cinema, the fixed place of movie projection started to appear. The first cinema named Xinming cinema came into being in 1924. Later on, the number of the cinemas in Chengdu increased gradually.In the period of the republic of China, the cinema as a new and developing amusement place was subjected to all the concern of the contemporaries in Chengdu. The cinemas carried on publicity progressively to promote the popularity. In the meantime, the infrastructures of the cinemas had been improved to provide a good environment for the consumers. By way of various efforts, the cinemas were accepted by people in Chengdu gradually with approbation and became one of the most important amusement places. Meanwhile the cinemas became harmonious with the society of Chengdu.As a member in the network of Chengdu society, the cinemas provided a big movable stage for itself, individuals and groups. They had fighting and compromise mutually in this stage and made an interaction appearance. These interactions mainly included: the interaction of cinemas, the interaction of audiences and cinemas, and the interaction of cinemas and the non-same profession of cinema. To some extent, these interactions all gave the cinemas vitality and urged the maturity and the norm of the cinema market.