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芝加哥的早期電影
您知道在電影工業搬到好萊塢前，它是源自於伊利諾州的紐約市及芝加哥嗎？芝加哥「風城」看起來似乎是一個奇特的電影(或動畫，一般人都如此稱呼它)拍攝地點，但實際上，當時它的確拍出了不少影片。影片工業在這些城市發源的原因在於，它們擁有許多來自輕歌舞劇且受過訓練的專業人員(特技人員、舞者、演員及舞台工作人員)，這是世紀交替時，廣為流傳的一種表演藝術劇場。
輕歌舞劇的表演風格非常適用於早期的影片：默片(Dumb
acts)。在這部影片中，狒狒負責「演奏」小提琴、小狗表演跳繩，而騾子則負責踢、咬影片中的那兩個人。您能猜出為什麼它們會被稱為「默片」(dumb：又有愚蠢的意思)嗎？
Did you know that before the movie industry moved to Hollywood it had its beginnings in New York City and Chicago, Illinois? If the "windy city" of Chicago seems like an odd place to make movies, (or motion pictures, as they were commonly called), it actually made a lot of sense at the time. The reason the film industry started in these cities is because there were plenty of trained professionals (acrobats, dancers, actors, and stagehands) from vaudeville, the performing arts theater that was popular at the turn of the century.
The types of vaudeville acts that worked the best for early films were called "dumb" acts. In this film, a baboon "plays" a violin, a dog jumps rope and a donkey plays at biting and kicking two men. Can you guess why they were called "dumb" acts?
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