As salas de cinema de Caxias-MA: A diversão na primeira metade do século XX

Abstract

The present work seeks, through periodicals, to map and characterize movie theaters from the beginning of the 20th century, in the city of Caxias, Maranhão. The newspapers selected were: Impartial, O Commercio de Caxias and Nossa Terra, periodicals that circulated in the city between 1920 and 1962. This research was possible through the use of periodicals from the newspaper library digital library of the National Library, also the use of bibliographic records of authors of Caxias, as Eziquio Barros Neto (2020) and images by photographer Brunno G. Couto. From of these contributions and following quantitative and qualitative research, the research seeks highlight the most prominent cinemas, such as Cine Odeon, Cine Royal, Cine Rex and Cine São Luís, all of those who came from the capitals to the interior city, bringing the What was new was film screenings. The work also parallels the emergence of Cinema in Brazil and the world, and its importance for the field of history as a form of research source, in addition, the relevance of the sources is exposed hemerographics for the field of history. With this, the objective is to highlight the main characteristics of these rooms, how society inserted these places into their daily lives and their outcome, that is, the aim -despite the little information- to bring about a rescue of the local memory about the cinemas of Caxias-MA. In addition to the knowledge built throughout academic training, theoretical and methodological support was used, with due selection of authors who deal with the approach explained here. Among the references, the following stand out: Bernardet (2000), Le Goff (1994), among other authors.