Cinema was born in the city and for a long time existed as a purely urban art. In this lecture, we will discuss how cinema integrated into urban space in its first decades. Where the first movie theaters were located and how they were organized. Who owned them. What kind of urban audience attended screenings and how they behaved. Along which streets were movie theaters located, in which city parks were filming conducted, how did the city regulate film distribution? What safety requirements were imposed on movie theaters? Why censorship decisions were often left to the discretion of the city? What places and events in cities were captured in early newsreels.