Balladeer’s Blog’s latest look at silent films covers Cuba’s early cinematic efforts. FIRE DRILL aka Simulacro de Incendio (1897) – On January 24th of this year, Gabriel Veyre (at left) held the very first exhibition of silent film shorts in Cuban history at a theater in Havana. Veyre was the Lumiere Film Company representative to […]

CUBA’S SILENT MOVIES (1897-1907)