Film History

By autumnforeman5

  • The Kinetoscope

    The Kinetoscope
    The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole viewer window at the top of the device.

  • Le Manoir du Diable

    Le Manoir du Diable
    The first horror film on record is Le Manoir du Diable, created by one of film's earliest visionaries, Georges Méliès.

  • The Humpty Dumpty Circus

    The Humpty Dumpty Circus
    The very first documented stop motion animated film

  • Cupid Angling

    Cupid Angling
    Was the first movie in color and also the oldest listed on IMDB

  • The Great Train Robbery

    The Great Train Robbery
    Was the first action and adventure film

  • Nickelodeon

    Nickelodeon
    A small storefront that opened on a street in Pittsburg

  • Fantasmagorie

    Fantasmagorie
    The worlds first animated cartoon by artist Emile Cool

  • The Jazz singer

    The Jazz singer
    Was the first movie with sound it was a major hit made the vitaphone the leading brand of microphone

  • Crooked Circle

    Crooked Circle
    The first movie ever broadcast on TV was in theaters at the time. On March 10, 1933 the movie The Crooked Circle

  • Superman and the Mole men

    Superman and the Mole men
    Based on any comic book superhero is Superman and the Mole Men starring George Reeves as Superman. This is 58 minutes long, so its feature length

  • Westworld

    Westworld
    Was the first movie that featured 2D CGI

  • Twister

    Twister
    The first cinematic feature film commercially released on DVD