The rapid development of the cinema industry on a large scale between 1905 and 1915 resulted in the erection of many motion picture houses. Atlanta's first movie had been shown at the Cotton States Exposition in 1895, but the venture was a complete failure. With the turn of the century, however, the improved technique of making and projecting films captured the public interest, and several motion picture houses were opened. Many Atlantans remember the years Dave Love and his orchestra held forth at the Criterion Theater, during which time he introduced the playing of classic overtures between showings of the feature picture, an entertainment pattern that was copied by other Atlanta theaters and maintained for more than a decade.

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