History of Film

By Trophus

  • Started with a Bet

    Started with a $25,000 bet that a horse doesn't lift all four legs when it gallops

  • Kineticscope Parlors Open

    Short flip photos are shown to the public for 10 cents

  • Thomas Edison's company invented a peephole kinetescope

    Helped to the growth of film as he made tons of money from selling

  • Starting producing a series of short films

    The films were literally short, lasting up to 30-60 seconds

  • Thomas Edison invented the Cinematographe

    Projector that played slow motioned pictures on a screen for an audience

  • Vaudville are formed

    Small theaters that featured small dramatic skits, comedy routines, and song and dance numbers

  • Vaudeville's are formed into Nickolodeans

  • The Great Train Robbery was released

  • Nickolodean theaters were attracting 26 million viewers per week

  • MPPC was formed by Thomas Edison

  • Filiming moved to California

  • West Coast production started including the name of the actors

  • Two of the most iconic actors from that age were Mary Pickford, and Charlie Chaplin