Kniga napisana v zhanre kraevedcheskogo ocherka i vpervye posvyaschaetsya lyudyam, neposredstvenno sozdavavshim kinematograf Rossii, - kinopredprinimatelyam, prokatchikam, vladel"tsam kinoteatrov, a takzhe pervym tsenzoram kino. Vmeste s avtorom chitatel" sovershit puteshestvie po starym moskovskim ulitsam i uznaet, gde nakhodilis" pervye sinematografy i kinoatel"e. Populyarnaya forma izlozheniya delaet knigu interesnoj dlya shirokogo kruga lyubitelej kino i osobenno dlya moskvichej.