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Started with a Bet
Started with a $25,000 bet that a horse doesn't lift all four legs when it gallops -
Kineticscope Parlors Open
Short flip photos are shown to the public for 10 cents -
Thomas Edison's company invented a peephole kinetescope
Helped to the growth of film as he made tons of money from selling -
Starting producing a series of short films
The films were literally short, lasting up to 30-60 seconds -
Thomas Edison invented the Cinematographe
Projector that played slow motioned pictures on a screen for an audience -
Vaudville are formed
Small theaters that featured small dramatic skits, comedy routines, and song and dance numbers -
Vaudeville's are formed into Nickolodeans
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The Great Train Robbery was released
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Nickolodean theaters were attracting 26 million viewers per week
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MPPC was formed by Thomas Edison
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Filiming moved to California
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West Coast production started including the name of the actors
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Two of the most iconic actors from that age were Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin