Bioscope show
A Bioscope show was a fairground attaction consisting of a travelling cinema. The heyday of the Bioscope was from the late 1890's until World War I.
Bioscope shows were fronted by the largest fairground organs, and these formed the entire public face of the show . A stage was usually in front of the organ, and dancing girls would entertain the crowds between film shows.
Films shown in the Bioscope were primative, and the earliest of these were made by the showmen themselves. Later, films were commercially produced.
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