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it started with a $25,000 bet. some people that a glaoping horse had all four feet off of the ground at the same time at some point; others said this would be impossible. when the pictures were developed in was found that the horse did indeed have all four feet the ground during brief moments, thus settling the bet
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in 1895, started producing a series of short films. the short film was 30 to 60 seconds. they started showing them in a paris cafe and charging a one-franc admission
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invened the light balb and had divised the peephole kinetoscope and was making a bit of money selling these devises
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moving pictures to look like a movie, for a big price and it was for only one person at a time.
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during this time, vaudeville(small theaters that featured short damatie skits, comedy routines, and song dance number) was quits popular.
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Edwin Porter, who worked for thomas edison created the frst u.s narrative film. Introuduced different camera posisions and distances introuduced. It had 14 scenes and lasted 12 minutes
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nickleodeon theaters attracted more than 26 million people each week, five years later that number doubledthe popularity attracted people who manted to make big profit so they made a monopoly plan.
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the first 20th century superstar was Charlie Chaplin, the undisputed com ic genius of silent comedy. He started out working at $150 a week, and by 1917 was making more than a million a year
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The film is based on Donn Pearce's 1965 novel of the same name.
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role models is movie about two adults who have to participate in sturdy wings for community service.
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easy a is about a teen who says she will have sexual relations for money but really doesnt.
