愛迪生的影片廣受歡迎，所以他需要找到一個向大眾展示這些影片的方法。潔金斯(C. Francis Jenkins)及阿默(Thomas Armat)發明了一種稱為維太放映機(Vitascope)的影片投影機並要求愛迪生提供影片及以他的名義生產這部投影機。最後，愛迪生公司終於開發出自己的投影機，又名「放映視鏡」(Projectoscope)，並立即停止銷售維太放映機。1896年4月23日，美國首部於「電影院」播放的電影正式在紐約市(New York City)上映。


Edison's films were so popular that he needed a way to show them to large groups of people. C. Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat invented a film projector called the Vitascope and asked Edison to supply the films and manufacture the projector under his name. Eventually, the Edison Company developed its own projector, known as the Projectoscope, and stopped marketing the Vitascope. The first films shown in a "movie theater" in America were presented to audiences on April 23, 1896, in New York City.

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