Editing Nickelodeon (movie theater) (section)

==Types of nickelodeon programs==
Nickelodeons usually showed films about ten to fifteen minutes in length, and in a variety of styles and subjects, such as short narratives, "scenics" (views of the world from moving trains), "actualities" (precursors of later [[documentary films]]), illustrated songs, local or touring song and dance acts, [[comedy|comedies]], [[melodrama]]s, [[problem plays]], [[Pixilation|stop-action sequences]], sporting events and other features which allowed them to compete with [[vaudeville]] houses.

The titles of a few of the films released in 1907 and distributed to nickelodeons by the [[Miles Brothers]] (Herbert, Harry and Earl C.) partially illustrate this diversity.
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These are taken from a 1907 article published in ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'':
* ''Catch the Kid'' (directed by [[Alf Collins]]; comedy)
* ''The Coroner's Mistake'' ([[comic]] [[ghost story]])
* ''The Fatal Hand'' (directed by J. H. Martin; drama)
* ''Johnny's Run'' (directed by [[Frank Mottershaw]]; comedy)
* ''Knight-Errant'' (directed by J. H. Martin; old historical drama)
* ''A Mother's Sin'' (directed by J. H. Martin; drama)
* ''The Romany's Revenge'' (directed by [[Frank Mottershaw]]; drama)
* ''Roof to Cellar'' (comedy)
* ''Sailor's Return'' (drama)
* ''Village Fire Brigade'' (directed by [[James Williamson (film pioneer)|James Williamson]]; comedy)
* ''Wizard's World'' (comedy)
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Other 1907 films also distributed to nickelodeons by the Miles Brothers:

* ''Anarchist's Mother-in-Law''
* ''Boss Away, Choppers Play''
* ''[[Boat Race|Cambridge-Oxford Race]]''
* ''Cheekiest Man on Earth''
* ''Female Wrestlers''
* ''Great Lion Hunt''
* ''Indian Basket Weavers''
* ''International Contest for the Heavyweight Championship: Squires vs. [[Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)|Burns]]''
* ''[[James J. Jeffries|Jim Jeffries]] on His California Ranch''
* ''Life and Customs in India''
* ''The Naval Nursery''
* ''The Petticoat Regiment''
* ''[[Shriners]]' Conclave at Los Angeles''
* ''Squires, Australian Champion, in His Training Quarters''
* ''That Awful Tooth''
* ''The White Slave''
* ''A Woman's Duel''
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