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Is company to begin commercial Photography company. Started in 1889 at New Jersey. The Kodak commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales in the U.S . -
Edwin S Porter was put in charge of Thomas Edison's motion-picture production company.
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Is a non-governmental organization founded by the film industry in 1912. Responsible for the national classification.Censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works.
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Gold rush premieres. It is voted the best film of the year. It third in box office at 2,500,000.
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Jean Harlow one biggest actor in Hollywood would die at age of 26. The official cause of death is listed as cerebral edema. A complication of kidney failure.
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Ealing comedies is an informal name for a series of comedy films produced by the London-based Ealing Studios. Ealing comedies released Passport to Pamlico, Whisky Galore! and Kind Hearts and Coronets. In the UK only.
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Gary Cooper dies at the age 60 in Los Angeles. He past of Colon and prostate cancer. Cooper was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor.
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Five Fingers of Death released in the United States. a surprise success starting a kung fu film craze in North America.
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Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He will later to replaced by Timothy Dalton.
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Titanic a movie about love on a ship that crash in to a ice (Lol). becomes the first film to gross US$1 billion at the box office making it the highest-grossing film in history. Until Avatar broke the record in 2010.