History of film

The Bet

Oct 16, 1880

Some English dude bet $25,000 with his friends that when a horse runs, all of its feet are in the air at one time, and so they were like "no way homie!', and so the first guy took a lot of pictures at once and it proved that all of the hoves are in the air. the pictures were in a strip, and when he turned his head to the right real quick, it looked like the horse was moving.

Thomas Edison

Mar 23, 1890

He acually created the first projector. But thought he could make more money by charging each individual person, so he didnt release it. then somebody else created one.

The lumière brothers

Mar 23, 1900

They invented a projector, after Thomas Edison created it. But since Thomas never released it, the Lumière brothers made money. They called their invention cinematographe.

The first movies

Mar 23, 1901

The first movies were 20-60 seconds and were very dramatic. One of the first movies was a train coming to the screen. people broke their legs, because they thought they were going to die, so they tried to get out of the way.

Nickelodeon theaters

Mar 23, 1902

They got their names because they would only charge a nickel per show. The insides looks like a museum because it was considered art. they didnt have sound until 1920s.

First narrative movie

Mar 23, 1903

This movie was called The Great Train Robbery. It was 12 minutes long, it was very long back then. It was an epic that was directed by Edwin Porter

The Monopoly

Mar 23, 1910

Thomas Edison created a monopoly by creating a company called the mppc. it owned everything. if you tried to make a movie, Thomas and some guys would show up at your house and beat up your equipment.

The move

Mar 23, 1913

Since Edison was breaking people's knees, people moved to California, Far Away from New York. The weather was better so the films were better.

credits

Mar 23, 1915

since they were away from Edison, they could show the actor's names. before they couldnt, because people would hurt them.

Charlie Chaplin

Mar 23, 1917

First to have a hitler mustache. he was a actor in the first silent films. people thought that if they showed his name, then people would want to see the movie because of him. in 1917 he made a million dollars a year.

The first film with sound

Mar 23, 1927

The first film with sound was the jazz singer in 1927

The first colored film

Mar 23, 1939

The first colored film was the wizard of oz and gone with the wind in 1939