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The cinema has always been an important part of American culture . The French brothers Auguste and Louis ____________________ invented moving pictures , but America created the cinema .
In 1914 a district in Los Angeles called ____________________ became the centre of the film industry . At that time films were ____________________ , but they were very popular and cinemas were opening all over the country . Between 1905 and 1907 4000 cinemas opened across America . Americans loved going to the cinema or , as they say , going to the 'movies' Some people realized they could make a lot of money from films , so they opened big film studios in Hollywood . In 1927 the' ____________________ arrived . These exciting new movies with talking and music made the cinema more popular than ever before ! Big studios , like MGM and ____________________ , made the firms and they also owned the cinemas , so they became very rich . Today , some of these big studios still dominate the American film industry . They now produce ____________________ - big , expensive films with famous actors and excellent special effects . Some examples of famous blockbusters include Avatar , ____________________ and the Harry Potter films . These films are usually very expensive to make , but they make a lot of money for the studios , too .
America made the movies famous . But movies have made America famous , too ! ____________________ ____________________ City , for example , as appeared in lots of films and visitors here should always see some of the city's iconic movie locations . This is the ____________________ State Building . it opened in 1931 . It became famous all over the world two years later when it appeared in King Kong , one of the most famous films of all time .
This is Flushing Meadows Park . It's famous for tennis and ____________________ . But today it's more famous for the ending of ? Men in Black ? , when a UFO crashes into this sculpture : the ____________________ .
New York's streets , buildings . even its alleyways are all famous ! This is Cortlandt Alley . It doesn't look very special , but this alley has appeared in lots of films and TV shows , like ? Crocodile Dundee ? and ? NYPD Blue ? .
The USA has always been passionate about movies . Today there are over 6 , 000 ____________________ across the country , and the USA still produces most of the world's best films .