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In 1907, movies were shown in tents because theaters were generally devoted to, you know, theaters! Because of the inexperience with carbon arcs, fires were not uncommon. Here is areport from April 1907:
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Narsingh 737
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Just like we have titles in the beginning and, sometimes in the end, of the talkies, the silents had intertitles. In Hollywood, they were in English. In India, many languages were used. Here is one with 4:
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Narsingh 747
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Although dastoor became a part of Hindi film vocabulary because of a very young Firoz Dastoor, the word itself enters the mukhDaa here in song 9
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Rafi 96
- Musing 553: Rafi 257. KA Abbas 4
- Musing 494: Rafi 198. matavaale nayanon
- Musing 538: Rafi 242. Khelaghar
- Musing 583: Narsingh 758. Son of Alibaba 1955. legs cut
- Musing 496: Rafi 200. nayee navelee
- Musing 253: nauTaak, Narsingh 738
- Musing 259: Tune used again, Narsingh 744
- Musing 328: Madhu says kyaa?, Classical Dhrupad 3
- Musing 210: Inheen Logon Ne, Bharat 48 Lata Shaym Sunder
- Musing 204: Tune used earlier, Bharat 42 Lata Roshan
- Musings 601-700
- Musing 217: Backprojection, Bharat 55 Lata Sudhir Phadke
- Musing 548: Rafi 252. Indarsabha
- Musing 584: Narsingh 759. Ek Jhalak 1957. The other Shashi Kapoor!
- Musing 513: Rafi 217. ninnee
