History of Film

  • Eadweard Muybridge

    Eadweard Muybridge
    Eadweard Muybridge bets that a horses 4 hooves come off the ground so he takes fast pictures to prove it
  • Kinetoscope Parlor

    Kinetoscope Parlor
    Kinescope parlors shows movies through a small telescope but only works for 1 person.
  • Cinematographe Lumiere

    Cinematographe Lumiere
    First real movie theater with a projector in France where people would watch a movie for 30-60 seconds.
  • Vandevill are popular

    Vandevill are popular
    Small theater that featured short dramatic skits, comedy shows, and song and dance numbers
  • Studios move to Hollywood

    Studios move to Hollywood
    Hollywood studios are formed because weather is nicer in California.
  • The first real movie is released

    The first real movie is released
    The great train robbery is released and is 12 minutes long
  • First Nickelodeon theater

    First Nickelodeon theater
    Small Theaters that showed films
  • Nickeloden Theaters attract huge crowds

    Nickeloden Theaters attract huge crowds
    Nickelodeon theaters attract 26 million viewers each week
  • Thomas Edison forms the MPPC

    Thomas Edison forms the MPPC
    The Motion Picture Patents Company is formed by Thomas Edison where he go's to regulate movie equipment.
  • MPPC didnt want to list names of actors in films

    MPPC didnt want to list names of actors in films
    They didn't want actors/actresses to be greedy with money.