Christiaan Slieker [SEP] date of death
Christiaan Slieker
(George) Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945) was a Dutch film exhibitor in the early days of cinematography. He grew up in a Frisian family of travelling showpeople.
In the spring of 1896 he bought a cinematograph produced by H.O. Foersterling & Co and gave his first film show in Leeuwarden on 15 July 1896.
He began a traveling film show called the "Grand Théatre Edison". During the show in Park Tivoli in Utrecht the first Dutch movie was shown, "Gestoorde hengelaar" by
Gestoorde hengelaar
Gestoorde hengelaar (English: Disturbed Angler) was the first Dutch fictional film, made by M.H. Laddé in 1896 and was produced by the studio "Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf van M.H. Laddé en J.W. Merkelbach". 
The short silent film was first shown by the traveling cinema "Grand Théatre Edison" of Christiaan Slieker on Sunday, November 29, 1896 in the "Parktuin Tivoli" in Utrecht. 
The film was not preserved and no known photos were taken