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Thomas Edison invinted a one person moving picture image show that people would pay to go watch. He didnt want to release his projector because he thought by billing one person at a time it would make him more money.
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The Lumiere Brotthers created a projector that projecteed movies that were 20- 60 seconds long. They called it the cinimetographe. We get the word Cinematograph from this.
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Vaudvilles eventually expanded into nickelodeans. It was a nickel to get into the show. By 1910 NIckelodean theatres were attracting 26 million viewers each week.
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Thomas Edison created a movie, directed by Edwin Porter, that was 12 minutes long and had 14 scenes. It was the first narrative movie of its time. It told a real story.
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Films were originally always shot outside on the east coast. It moved, because there wasnt enough sunlight and since the west coast was closer to mexico they could run away when the bullies from the other companies came to trash their equipmant.
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Led by Thomas Edison multiple companies joined together to create a monopoly for the film industry. They called it MPPC: Motion Picture Patents Company.
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Independent Filmakers recognized how much better the tatics of putting the actors names in the credits would be for the business. Compared to MPPC's not giving credit to the actors.
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He emphasized social equality throughout all of his silent comedies/ movies. When he started out he was making $150 a week. However, by 1917 he was making more than a million $$$ per year.
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It became Broadways longest running play in 2006 when it hit its 7,486th time preforming.
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Avatar passed up the titantic in its movie ticket sales. The movie earned over $36 milion.
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A man made a bet that a horses 4 hoofs were at some point all completely off the ground. To prove this, he set up a bunch of cameras and took the pictures as soon as the horse passed in front of it. He won the bet, but noticed that when lined up and looked at them fast it made the illusion that the horse was actually moving.
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1972, The Godfather best rated film in 1972. Budget $134,821,952 May 2 1997. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, best rated actor in the movie was Marlon Brandon
