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Roundhay Garden Scene
The "Roundhay Garden Scene" is a short silent film created by a French inevetor, Louis Le Prince in 1888. The location on where it was filmed was at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds in England. The footage is believed to be the oldest film in existence -
Kinetoscope
The Kinetoscope is a forerunner motion-picture film projector, invented by Thomas A. Edison and Willam Dickinson of the United States in 1891.At first, Edison regarded his invention as an insignificant toy. When the Kinetoscope was finally publicly exhibited on Broadway, in New York City, it created an immediate sensation. -
The Nickelodeon .
The first theater in the world exclusively devoted to showing motion pictures was the Nickelodeon, which was opened in Pittsburgh, Penn. The theater was the creation of Harry Davis and John P. -
Florence Lawrence
Florence Lawrence was the first film player whose name was used to promote her films. Before her, actors and actresses worked anonymously, partly out of fear that stage managers would refuse to hire them -
Fantasmagorie
Fantasmagorie is considered to be the oldest cartoon in the worldIt was created in 1908 by French cartoonist Émile Cohl. -
A Fool and His Money
A Fool and His Money is the first film to star an all-black cast. It was considered lost for decades prior to being found in a flea market in Stockton, California -
The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length motion picture with not only a synchronized recorded music but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in several sequences. -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first and oldest feature length animated film released by Disney. The movie was released nationwide on February 8, 1938. -
Jaws
Jaws is considered the first summer blockbuster. Not only did people lined up around the block to see the movie, it became the first film to earn $100 million at the box office! -
Toy Story
The company produced its first feature-length film Toy.Toy Story 2, in 1999 was the first year that Pixar released two films -
Twister
The first cinematic feature film commercially released on DVD was Twister. Twister was pressed and released for sale in DVD. -
Titanic
Titanic became, on March 1, 1998, the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide. As of January 2020, 45 films have grossed over $1 billion worldwide.
