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| | Nickelodeon movie theater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Nickelodeon is an early 20th century form of small, neighborhood movie theaters in which admission was obtained for a nickel. |
 | | Most were small, with fewer than 200 seats, 200 being the threshold then in place in many cities where the nickelodeon had to take out theatre licenses instead of the much cheaper amusement license. |
 | | Nickelodeons would show films which were typically fifteen to twenty minutes in length, and in a variety of styles and subjects, such as short narratives, "scenics" (views of the world from moving trains), illustrated song slides, local or touring song and dance acts, comedies, melodramas, problem plays, stop action sequences, sporting events (e.g. |
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