Nickelodeon to Movie Palace

What were nickelodeons like? What was the first movie palace? What influenced the transition to the movie palace? Why do you think the movie places became so important?

Nickelodeons were simple theaters with a sheet for screen, a couple benches, and an admission ticket booth. Entrepreneurs did not bother to make complicated film theaters because they were afraid that the motion pictures will turn out to be a passing fancy. The first movie palace was the Regent. The transition into a movie palace was done as a result of the filmmaker's effort to appeal to the upper class. Movie palaces became very important because the audience for film spread from just the lower and middle class to the upper class as well. By incorporating an audience that has extra money to spend, the filmmakers will be able to generate more profit out of a film, thus allowing them to create feature films.