Bizarre old posters that taught the early movie-goers the rules and etiquette for watching films, 1912

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During the era of silent film, recommendations for behavior were displayed on title cards before a screening, offering advice including “Ladies, kindly remove your hats”, “Loud talking or whistling not allowed”, “Please applaud with hands only”, etc. The Library of Congress writes: “As middle-class mass entertainments gained increasing popularity in the late nineteenth century, so […]