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when motion picture cameras were invented and film production companies started to be established.
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the electronic television was successfully displayed for the first time in San Fransicso
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Attendance was going up steadily and there were some great movies. Movies were primarily entertainment in nature (rather than serious or informative documentaries).
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the third Mickey Mouse cartoon, Steamboat Willie, became Disney's first cartoon with synchronized sound and was a major success
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a struggling Universal Pictures released Dracula. It turned out to be the top revenue grossing movie of the year and the start of a new popular genre of films. Universal followed with Frankenstein (1931); Paramount with Island of Lost Souls (1932) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Others in this genre included Warner Brothers’ Dr. X, Universal’s The Mummy, The Old Dark House.
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NBC (owned by RCA) made its first field test of color television
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the proliferation of black-and-white television started seriously depressing North American theater attendance
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Jim Clark founded Silicon Graphics, a cutting-edge company that contributed to the growth of computer imaging and animation in films.