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The Municipal Educational Cinematograph 1
Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph building seen from the Wodny Market. The inscription above the entry to the cinema reads: “The Municipal Educational Cinematograph.” The trees behind the building belong to the…
The Municipal Educational Cinematograph 2
Pfeiffer’s photograph of the Municipal Educational Cinematograph, seen from Rokicińska Street. There are posters advertising film screenings in display cases and glued to windowpanes of the building. A boy is studying the information on one of the…
Metropolis in Łódź
Ad from the Yiddish newspaper Najer Folksblat publicizing a 1928 program at the government-run Municipal Educational Cinematograph in Łódź. The main feature advertised was Fritz Lang's newly-completed masterpiece Metropolis. An expressionist dystopia…
The Deluge in Łódź
Ad from the Yiddish newspaper Najer Folksblat publicizing a 1927 program at the government-run Municipal Educational Cinematograph in Łódź. The main feature advertised is the 1915 Russian film The Deluge (Potop), directed by Pyotr Chardynin and based…
Program at the MEC
A 1923 poster advertising an event at the Municipal Educational Cinematograph in Łódź. The programming is typical for this theater: a mixture of educational documentaries about exotic locales, nature, and industrial settings.