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The first camera was invented by Alexander Wolcott. The camera was able to take a picture without the photos fading after time. Opened the first photography shop, too. -
When movies first came out, only wealthy people were able to pay to watch. And, when they watched, they watched one at a time. Thomas Edison believed that the technique would bring more money. -
The first movie was based on a $25,000 bet. A group of men was watching the horse races and one proposed that when the horse is going fast enough, all four legs of the horse was off the ground. To prove his theory, they set up a bunch of cameras to picture the exact moment. When they looked at the footage, it almost looked like a moving picture. -
The first film camera was invented by Louis Le Prince. After many tries, he finally made one lens to capture many pictures at once which turned into moving pictures. Later, he made movies with moving pictures. -
Charlie Chaplin was the first actor to be paid. He was a comedian and got paid firts $250 a month. But, later he started earning over a million a year. -
Before the first action film was released, there was mainly comedy or drama. But, after making so many comedies, they had an idea to mix comedy and romance with fighting to make an action film -
A group of artists got ideas from the first film that if they can take many pictures of little movement and make a film, they could too. So, they drew a picture over and over with only little movement. Once they put all the pictures, it made a cartoon film. -
Even though the character broke his neck during the stunt, the movie still got an oscar award. After, they help the best stunt awards in Los Angeles. -
The first comedy made was, "Tillie's Punctured Romance." It was a silent comedy. It was also directed by Mack Sennett. Charlie Chaplin starred in the film. -
Technicolor is a color motion picture. Improved over several decades. Everybody was very excited because they didn't know such technology was possible. -
The studio behind Hary Potter, The Dark Knight, etc. Warner Brothers is a highly successful studio. Also, one of the most popular. -
The film was called, "The Jazz Singer." A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound. This was the end of silent film popularity.