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William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Alva Edison, builds the first motion-picture camera and names it the Kinetograph.
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The Edison Corporation establishes the first motion-picture studio, a Kinetograph production center nicknamed the Black Maria (slang for a police van).
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The first movie theater opens in Pittsburgh
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Walt Disney creates his first cartoon, "Alice's Wonderland"
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Although a primitive, two-color process was first used in 1922, audiences weren't impressed by Technicolor until a three-color system appeared in Becky Sharp.
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To counteract the threat of television, Hollywood thinks big and develops wide-screen processes such as CinemaScope, first seen in The Robe.
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Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at the age of 36.
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The Titanic goes into theaters as the most expensive movie ever made.
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George Lucas's "Revenge of The Sith" hits theaters as the end of his 6 movie series.
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The Walt Disney Co. pays $7.4 billion for Pixar Animation Studios, the powerhouse that created the Toy Story films, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles.
