Complex sentence: A young French entrepreneur, Georges Méliés, attended the first showing, and asked the Lumiere brothers for a iicense to make films.The Lumiere Brothers politely declined, telling him that the cinema was for scientific purposes, and had no commercial value.
Split into simpler sentences: A young French entrepreneur, Georges Méliés, attended the first showing, and asked the Lumière brothers for a iicense to make films. The Lumière Brothers politely declined, telling him that the cinema was for scientific purposes, and had no commercial value.