The late Bill Douglas, a Scottish director, made a film called COMRADES with several characters introducing various pre-cinema devices. His work is little known in the US and his films only seem to be available in Britain. He collected pre-cinema materials and a museum housing his collection has a website. See The Bill Douglas Center at: http://www.ex.ac.uk/bill.douglas/what.html Robert Goff ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]