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Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau develops and markets the Phenakistiscope.
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George Eastfield experiments with celluloid roll film
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William Kennedy Laurie Dickson develops the Kinetophonograph while working for Thomas Alva Edison
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Thomas Edison gets patents for Kinetoscope and Kinetograph
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Edison's Machines make a debut at the Chicago World fair
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Georges Melies shoots A Trip to the Moon, marking the first significant use of both narrative and special effects in a film
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MPPC Created
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Mack Bennett creates comedie shorts for keystone entertainment
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She begins making films
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Mary Pickford creates her own entertainment company, becoming the first female actress to do it
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Chaplin creates The Kid
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Fritz Langs Metropolis is released
