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The beginning
A man named Eadweard Muybridge and his friends made a bet to prove that a horse a horse is able to gallop with all for feet of the ground, the prize for this bet was $25K -
Edisons company
The Edison Corporation establishes the first motion-picture studio, a Kinetograph production center nicknamed the Black Maria (slang for a police van).
The first Kinetoscope parlor opens at 1155 Broadway in New York City. Spectators can watch films for 25 cents. -
the first movie by Edison
1903
Edison Corporation mechanic Edwin S. Porter turns cameraman, director and producer to make The Great Train Robbery. With 14 shots cutting between simultaneous events, this 12-minute short establishes the shot as film's basic element and editing as a central narrative device. It is also the first Western. -
The firs theatre
1905
The first movie theater opens in Pittsburgh. -
Talking films
1910
Thomas Edison introduces his kinetophone, which makes talkies a reality. -
the first cartoon
1914
In his second big-screen appearance, Charlie Chaplin plays the Little Tramp, his most famous character.
Winsor McCay unleashes Gertie the Dinosaur, the first animated cartoon. -
the birth of disney
1924
Walt Disney creates his first cartoon, "Alice's Wonderland." -
True colors
1935
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. -
Disney's first full film
1937
Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, hits theaters and becomes an instant classic. -
the rating system
1968
The motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R and X. -
the highest grossing film of all time
2003
Finding Nemo replaces The Lion King as the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Finding Nemo doesn't hold the honor for long. Shrek 2 shoots to the top of the list in 2004. -
Disney X Pixar
2006
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.
