History of film

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  • The motion-picture camera

    The motion-picture camera
    William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Alva Edison, builds the first motion-picture camera and names it the Kinetograph.

  • The train

    The train
    In France, Auguste and Louis Lumière hold the first private screening. The brothers invent the Cinématograph, a combination camera and projector. The image of an oncoming train is said to have caused a stampede.

  • First movie theater

    First movie theater
    The first movie theater opens in Pittsburgh.

  • Talking

    Talking
    Thomas Edison introduces his kinetophone, which makes talkies a reality.

  • Photoplay

    Photoplay
    Photoplay debuts as the first magazine for movie fans.

  • Alice's Wonderland

    Alice's Wonderland
    Walt Disney creates his first cartoon, "Alice's Wonderland."

  • The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer
    Released in 1927, The Jazz Singer is the first feature-length talkie. The film starred Vaudeville sensation Al Jolson.

  • Technicolor

    Technicolor
    With the release of Becky Sharp, audiences could now see films in technicolor. Two-color film technology had been available, but rarely used since 1922.

  • Snow White

    Snow White
    Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, hits theaters and becomes an instant classic.

  • Hollywood

    Hollywood
    To counteract the threat of television, Hollywood thinks big and develops wide-screen processes such as CinemaScope, first seen in The Robe.

  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe
    Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.
    Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business

  • Rating System

    Rating System
    The motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R and X.

  • Midnight Cowboy

    Midnight Cowboy
    Midnight Cowboy wins the Best Picture Oscar, the first and only time an X-rated movie received the honor.

  • VHS

    VHS
    The first VHS recorder was released to the public in Japan by
    JVC.

  • Steven Spielberg

    Steven Spielberg
    Steven Spielberg wins his first directing Oscar for Schindler's List.

  • Forrest Gump

    Forrest Gump
    Tom Hanks wins his second consecutive Best Actor Oscar for Forrest Gump.

  • Titanic

    Titanic
    Titanic crashes into theaters. It is the most expensive film of all time, costing between $250 and $300 million to produce and market.

  • Disney got Pixar

    Disney got Pixar
    The Walt Disney Co. pays $7.4 billion for Pixar Animation Studios.

  • FPS

    FPS
    Director Peter Jackson films 'The Hobbit' at 48 frames per second