History of Motion Pictures By 22raredo Jan 1, 1890 W. K. L. Dixon starts to do motion picture making Citation Jan 1, 1910 The MPPC makes a film exchange Citation Jan 1, 1917 Thomas Edison retires his film company at age 70 Citation Jan 1, 1919 Daddy Long Legs is released Citation Jan 1, 1930 The Great Depression stops people watching movies Citation Jan 1, 1931 Dracula by Universal comes out Citation Jan 1, 1950 11300 U.S. theaters released Citation Jan 1, 1956 The Ten Commandments released Citation