The cinema is the schoolhouse, newspaper, and theater of tomorrow.
Pathe-Freres catalogue, 1901
We say this is the century of steam, the century of electricity, much as we say the stone age, the iron age, the bronze age, but we will soon be saying it is the age of the cinema.
Edmond Benoit-Levy, 1907
What is a film? An ordinary form of merchandise which the buyer can use as he sees fit? . . . No, a film is a “literary and artistic property.” In order to present it to the public, one has to pay a royalty fee.
Edmond Benoit-Levy, 1907
The genuine cinema enthusiasts are not the cosmopolitan elite, but the common people of Paris.
J. Yvel, 1914