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kinetoscope parlor
Thomas Edison invinted a one person moving picture image show that people would pay to go watch. He didnt want to release his projector because he thought by billing one person at a time it would make him more money. -
cinimatography
The Lumiere Brotthers created a projector that projecteed movies that were 20- 60 seconds long. They called it the cinimetographe. We get the word Cinematograph from this. -
Nickelodeans
Vaudvilles eventually expanded into nickelodeans. It was a nickel to get into the show. By 1910 NIckelodean theatres were attracting 26 million viewers each week. -
The First Narrative Movie
Thomas Edison created a movie, directed by Edwin Porter, that was 12 minutes long and had 14 scenes. It was the first narrative movie of its time. It told a real story. -
Film Capitol Film Capitol Moves To West Coast
Films were originally always shot outside on the east coast. It moved, because there wasnt enough sunlight and since the west coast was closer to mexico they could run away when the bullies from the other companies came to trash their equipmant. -
MPPC
Led by Thomas Edison multiple companies joined together to create a monopoly for the film industry. They called it MPPC: Motion Picture Patents Company. -
Independent Filmakers
Independent Filmakers recognized how much better the tatics of putting the actors names in the credits would be for the business. Compared to MPPC's not giving credit to the actors. -
Charlie Chaplin: Biggest Paid Actor of His Time
He emphasized social equality throughout all of his silent comedies/ movies. When he started out he was making $150 a week. However, by 1917 he was making more than a million $$$ per year. -
Phantom of the Opera
It became Broadways longest running play in 2006 when it hit its 7,486th time preforming. -
Avatar Highest Grossing movie
Avatar passed up the titantic in its movie ticket sales. The movie earned over $36 milion. -
The Bet That Started It All
A man made a bet that a horses 4 hoofs were at some point all completely off the ground. To prove this, he set up a bunch of cameras and took the pictures as soon as the horse passed in front of it. He won the bet, but noticed that when lined up and looked at them fast it made the illusion that the horse was actually moving. -
Best Rated Classic Film
1972, The Godfather best rated film in 1972. Budget $134,821,952 May 2 1997. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, best rated actor in the movie was Marlon Brandon
