It Wouldn't Be Make Believe If You Believed

On This Day In History
1895: First commercial movie screened

Quote Of The Day
"It (film) can be exploited for a certain time as a scientific curiosity but, apart from that, it has no commercial future whatsoever."
(August Lumiere)

Poor Auguste. There hasn't been a less visionary inventor since the Sumerian Abgal the Dim said to his wife, "I've made this round thing. I'm thinking of calling it a wheel. It will help you make jugs and vases but, apart from that, it's pretty much a non-starter."

Paper Moon

That's Entertainment (Don't worry, it is perfectly safe to click on this; Paul Weller DOES NOT appear in this link.)

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