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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
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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).
The first Kinetoscope parlor opens at 1155 Broadway in New York City. Spectators can watch films for 25 cents. -
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. -
1905
The first movie theater opens in Pittsburgh. -
1910
Thomas Edison introduces his kinetophone, which makes talkies a reality. -
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. -
1924
Walt Disney creates his first cartoon, "Alice's Wonderland." -
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. -
1937
Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, hits theaters and becomes an instant classic. -
1968
The motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R and X. -
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. -
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.
