Salvador Toscano Barragán (22 March 1872 â€" 14 April 1947), also
known as Salvador Toscano, was a director, producer and distributor of
early Mexican cinema films. He was Mexico's first filmmaker.Toscano
was born in 1872 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He began studying to become
a mining engineer, however changed his career to become a filmmaker.
He used a Cinematograph camera and projector which was first
introduced in France in 1895. It was introduced into Mexico a year
later when the first presentation of film in Mexico was made on 15
August 1896.Toscano opened Mexico's first public movie theatre at 17
Jesús MarÃa Street in Mexico City in 1897. In the public theater he
showed such famous early films as The Great Train Robbery, A Trip to
the Moon, and The Kingdom of the Fairies.Toscano began his movie
career by filming local scenes in Mexico and local news events. Some
early short film titles of these, made in 1896 and 1897, were Men in
Scuffle on the Main Square and Rural Police Riding Their Horses.
known as Salvador Toscano, was a director, producer and distributor of
early Mexican cinema films. He was Mexico's first filmmaker.Toscano
was born in 1872 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He began studying to become
a mining engineer, however changed his career to become a filmmaker.
He used a Cinematograph camera and projector which was first
introduced in France in 1895. It was introduced into Mexico a year
later when the first presentation of film in Mexico was made on 15
August 1896.Toscano opened Mexico's first public movie theatre at 17
Jesús MarÃa Street in Mexico City in 1897. In the public theater he
showed such famous early films as The Great Train Robbery, A Trip to
the Moon, and The Kingdom of the Fairies.Toscano began his movie
career by filming local scenes in Mexico and local news events. Some
early short film titles of these, made in 1896 and 1897, were Men in
Scuffle on the Main Square and Rural Police Riding Their Horses.
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