Exam 1

By homa1flynn

  • Indistrial revolution in Britain

  • Early development of photography

  • First wireless telegram

  • Industrial revolution begins in US

  • Edison electricity

  • Edward James Muybridge%u2019s %u201Cmotion photographs%u201D

  • Variety shows throve in saloons

  • Edison patents motion picture recording device built by William Dickson

    %u2022Kinetograph: records images%u2022Kinetoscope: presents images for viewing

  • Louis Aime Augustin LePrince developed motion picture camera

    oWhile en route from Dijon to Paris in Sept. 1890 to exhibit his invention his mysteriously disappears, never heard from again

  • George Eastman markets first film srips used by Edison.

  • First automobiles

  • Family oriented Vaudeville begins

  • Edison builds %u201Cthe Black Maria%u201D studio.

  • Kinetoscope Parlors begin appearing.

  • William Dickson leaves Edison and sets up rival company

  • Lumiere Bros. unvail the Cinematographe, a camera/projector

  • Popularity of Kinetoscope declines

  • Edison begins suing competition

  • Edison begins %u201Cpatent wars%u201D (lathem loop)

  • Trip to the moon released by George Milies

  • Life of an American Fireman

  • Narrative storytelling dominant in cinema.

  • Porter makes the Great Train Robbery

  • William Fox purchases his first Nickelodeon.

    Shortly thereafter begins operating in a theater chain.

  • Nickelodeon boom begins

    Theaters specializing in film exhibition working classes.

  • Rescued by Rover (attraction to narration)

  • Edison and Biograph join forces, stops suing.

  • Griffith leaves for Biograph, making narrative films

  • Industry stabilizes due to regulation.

  • Vaudeville flourishing in US

    At it%u2019s peak in the early 1900%u2019s, Vaudeville was the leading form of entertainment in the USA.

  • An Unseen Enemy

  • Power of MPPC begins to decline.

  • Griffith has perfected the 1-reel format

  • Develops Tramp character at Keystone

    oAuto Races marks first Tramp appearance

  • Fox Film Corporation is founded

  • Fox west coast facilities are opened in Hollywood, CA.

  • MPPC was officially disbanded

  • Vaudeville golden age over

    No longer primary form of entertainment

  • Vaudeville actors moving to radio and film