''The Countryman and the Cinematograph'' (also known as ''The Countryman's First Sight of the Animated Pictures'') is a

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silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, featuring a stereotypical yokel reacting to films projected onto a screen. The film "is one of the earliest known examples of a film within a film", where, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "the audience reaction to that film is as important a part of the drama as the content of the film itself". In 1902, a remake of the film, ''

Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show ''Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show'' is a 1902 American short silent comedy film directed by Edwin S. Porter, featuring a naive spectator trying to interact with films projected onto a screen. It is an almost identical remake of a British ...

'', was produced at the Edison Company, directed by Edwin S. Porter.

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* * 1901 films British black-and-white films British silent short films 1901 comedy films 1901 short films British comedy short films Films directed by Robert W. Paul Silent British comedy films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub