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Eastman
Develops kodak camera . -
Edison
Designs Kinetoscope . -
Kinetograph
Kintograph camera with sprocket system . -
Edison
" Black Maria " first film studio in New Jersey . -
Fred Ott's Sneeze
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Commercial Project
First commercial projected motion pictures playing public in the world . First movie theater -
The Kiss
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Europe's Film Studio
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Le Voyage Dans La Lune
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Edwin Porter
First American documentary . -
Edwin Porter
Directs " The Great Train Robbery " -
Nickelodeon
First Nickelodeon in Pitts Burgh -
First Film
Shot in Los Angeles -
D.W. Griffith
Joined Biograph -
East Coast Co.
Formed MPPC . -
D.W. Griffith
Made 60 films -
IMP
Acquires first studio in Hollywood -
Fan Magazine
Photoplay's first fan magazine -
East Coast vs West Coast
Nestor Company becomes first west coast motion picture studio. -
East Coast vs West Coast
15 film companies operated in Hollywood -
Traffic In Souls
About slavery -
First of the Keystone Comedies
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Charlie Chaplin
Apprentice to Sennett -
The Perils of Pauline Black
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The Exploits of Elaine
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
First American feature-length comedy -
Theda Bara
Became new movie archetype -
The Tramp
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Birth of a Nation
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Intolerance
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Supreme Court
Disbands MPPC -
First Million Dollar Contract
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Charlie Chaplin
Established familiar Tramp characters with characteristic Walk in the Tramp. -
Vitagraph
Eventually absorbed in Warner Bros.