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First Film to be made
First motion picture ever made was a horse galloping. It was about five seconds long. Muybridge made a bet that a horse has all his hooves off the ground at one point and made $25,000 dollars because his firends doubted him.The man ended up winning the bet. -
First Romance Film
"The May Irwin Kiss" was the first romance film created it was about 18 seconds long.It was directed by William Heise for Thomas Edison. -
First Cartoon Strip Film
"The Yellow Kid," was the first cartoon strip film. It appeared in New York on February 16, 1896. It was published on the Sunday paper and was quickly joined by other comic strips. -
First Animated Cartoon
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces was the first cartoon ever made . It was a series of drawn funny faces, including a line drawing of two faces. -
First Stunt Movie
The Great Train Robbery was the first stunt movie/film to be created.Fugitives who robbed a train at a station. -
First Comedy Film
"Tillie's Punctured Romance" was the first comedy ever made. -
First Film to have a Sequel
The first-ever film sequel was Thomas Dixon Jr.'s The Fall of a Nation, released way back in 1916 -
First Film to Use Technicolor
That Technicolor production, "The Gulf Between," a romantic comedy now considered a lost film, premiered in 1917 -
Fist Film With Sound
"The Jazz Singer." A sound film is a motion picture with sound. This was the end of silent film. -
First Film to Win Best Picture
The first official Best Picture winner also the only silent film to win Best Picture was Wings, directed by William Wellman. -
First Color Television Broadcast
Wizard of Oz was the first live color coast-to-coast telecast. It all started with a commercial. -
First Film to Use CGI
The first movie to use computer-generated imagery (CGI) was "Westworld." Involved rendering special effects on a computer rather than physically.