Is cinema a British word?
It's more common to say cinema in Britain than in the United States, but any English speaker will know what you're talking about if you ask, "Want to go to the cinema?" You can also use cinema to talk about the film industry and its history: "This is my favorite film in all of American cinema." The word was first used ...
What is cinema short for?
The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it.
What was the first cinema called?
In 1896, Vitascope Hall, believed to be the first theater in the U.S. devoted to showing movies, opened in New Orleans.
Did cinema used to be pronounced kinema?
"Kinema" was just a fancy way of saying "Cinema". The original Kinema at Albert Park was a Hoyts house from its start in 1922 to when it was sold in 1938. Hoyts in that year opened the fabulous Art Deco Park theatre just up the road.