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40. The world’s first film was shown in 1895 by two French brothers. Although it only (36)______ ofshort, simple scenes, people loved it, and films have been popular ever since. The first films were silent,with titles on the screen to explain the story. Soon the public had (37)________ favourite actors and actresses and, in this way, the first film starsappeared. In 1927, the first “talkie”, a film with sound, was shown and from then on, the public would onlyaccept this kind of film. Further improvements continued, particularly in America, (38)________ most of the world’s filmswere produced. With the arrival of television in the 1950s, (39) _______people went to see films, but inrecent years cinema audiences have grown again. More countries have started to produce films thatinfluence film making and there are currently (40)________national film industries.