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During the 1800s some people argued that a galloping horse gad all four feet of the ground at the same time, while others said it was impossible.
To settle the issue they bet $25,000 to experiment a setup in which a rapid sequence of photos was taken of a running horse. When the pictures were developed it was found that horses did indeed have all four feet off the ground. -
Thomas Edison invented a electric light bulb and a Peephole Kinetoscope. He also invented a projector but didn't want to reveal it because he thought he would make more money by forcing one person at a time to come and watch it.
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Kinetoscope Parlor was a device which showed moving images that would fascinate anyone who watched “moving images”
The disadvantage though is that it was “an audience of one” a single peephole was provided behind which a series of drawing or photos were presented in rapid sequence. -
In 1885, they started producing a short film from 30 to 60 seconds they started them in Paris cafe and charging a one franc-admission
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Vaudeville was the most popular form of American entertainment from its rise in the 1880s through its demise in the 1930s. It played much the same a role in people's lives that radio and later television would for later generations.
as the 1900s dawned. the vaudeville expanded into nickelodeon. -
In 1903, Thomas Edison and Edwin Porter created the first U.S. narrative film "The Great Train Robbery"
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Nickelodeon were small store-front type theaters that feature films.
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Color was first added to black-and-white movies through tinting. By 1906, the principles of color separation were used to produce so-called ‘natural color’ moving images with the British Kinemacolor process, first presented to the public in 1909.
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By 1910, Nickelodeon theaters were attach to 26 million viewers each week.The popularity of films soon attach the attention of those seeing the potential of big profits.
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Charlie Chaplin is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular character, the Little Tramp. He also worked with a children's dance troupe before making his mark on the big screen.
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Mary Pickford also known as "American Sweetheart" was a founder of the Motion Picture Academy and much admired for her philanthropy. But before all that, she was a darling of the silent screen. In her 20s, Pickford became famous playing 14-year-olds.
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he first attempts to add synchronized sound to projected pictures used phonographic cylinders or discs.By the early 1930s, nearly all feature-length movies were presented with synchronized sound
