Salon Indien du Grand Café
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Le Salon Indien du Grand Café was a café
in Paris
at the Place de l'Opéra
where on December 28, 1895, the Lumière brothers hosted the very first public moviescreening
. Among the ten short clips presented by the French innovators were La Sortie des usines Lumière and l'Arroseur Arrosé
.
Currently, the building standing at No. 14 Boulevard des Capucines
is the Hotel Scribe, which opened a restaurant called 'Café Lumière', in memory of its history.
Café
A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
at the Place de l'Opéra
Place de l'Opéra
The Place de l'Opéra is a square in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, at the junction of boulevard des Italiens, boulevard des Capucines, avenue de l'Opéra, rue Auber, rue Halévy, rue de la Paix and rue du Quatre-Septembre. It was built at the same time as the operahouse , which is sited on it and...
where on December 28, 1895, the Lumière brothers hosted the very first public moviescreening
Movie projector
A movie projector is an opto-mechanical device for displaying moving pictures by projecting them on a projection screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound devices, are present in movie cameras.-Physiology:...
. Among the ten short clips presented by the French innovators were La Sortie des usines Lumière and l'Arroseur Arrosé
L'Arroseur Arrosé
L'Arroseur arrosé is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent comedy film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc and Benoît Duval...
.
Currently, the building standing at No. 14 Boulevard des Capucines
Boulevard des Capucines
The Boulevard des Capucines is one of the four 'grands boulevards' in Paris, a chain of boulevards running east-west that also includes Boulevard de la Madeleine, Boulevard des Italiens, and Boulevard Montmartre....
is the Hotel Scribe, which opened a restaurant called 'Café Lumière', in memory of its history.
