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Film History
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Joseph Ferdinand
Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau develops and markets the Phenakistiscope. -
Celluloid film
George Eastfield experiments with celluloid roll film -
kinetophonograph
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson develops the Kinetophonograph while working for Thomas Alva Edison -
Patents
Thomas Edison gets patents for Kinetoscope and Kinetograph -
World Fair
Edison's Machines make a debut at the Chicago World fair -
A Trip To The Moon
Georges Melies shoots A Trip to the Moon, marking the first significant use of both narrative and special effects in a film -
MPPC
MPPC Created -
Mack Bennett
Mack Bennett creates comedie shorts for keystone entertainment -
Cecil B. DeMille
She begins making films -
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford creates her own entertainment company, becoming the first female actress to do it -
The Kid
Chaplin creates The Kid -
Metropolis
Fritz Langs Metropolis is released
