Paul Biba (@paulkbiba.bsky.social)

How Cinemas Taught Early Movie-Goers the Rules & Etiquette for Watching Films (1912): No Whistling, Standing or Wearing Big Hats I admit, I sometimes pay a premium at a certain dinner theater chain with a lobby-slash-bar designed to look like classic indie video stores of yore. It’s not only the padded recliners and half-decent... https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/how-cinemas-taught-early-movie-goers-the-rules-etiquette-for-watching-films.html