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Some English dude bet $25,000 with his friends that when a horse runs, all of its feet are in the air at one time, and so they were like "no way homie!', and so the first guy took a lot of pictures at once and it proved that all of the hoves are in the air. the pictures were in a strip, and when he turned his head to the right real quick, it looked like the horse was moving.
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He acually created the first projector. But thought he could make more money by charging each individual person, so he didnt release it. then somebody else created one.
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They invented a projector, after Thomas Edison created it. But since Thomas never released it, the Lumière brothers made money. They called their invention cinematographe.
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The first movies were 20-60 seconds and were very dramatic. One of the first movies was a train coming to the screen. people broke their legs, because they thought they were going to die, so they tried to get out of the way.
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They got their names because they would only charge a nickel per show. The insides looks like a museum because it was considered art. they didnt have sound until 1920s.
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This movie was called The Great Train Robbery. It was 12 minutes long, it was very long back then. It was an epic that was directed by Edwin Porter
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Thomas Edison created a monopoly by creating a company called the mppc. it owned everything. if you tried to make a movie, Thomas and some guys would show up at your house and beat up your equipment.
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Since Edison was breaking people's knees, people moved to California, Far Away from New York. The weather was better so the films were better.
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since they were away from Edison, they could show the actor's names. before they couldnt, because people would hurt them.
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First to have a hitler mustache. he was a actor in the first silent films. people thought that if they showed his name, then people would want to see the movie because of him. in 1917 he made a million dollars a year.
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The first film with sound was the jazz singer in 1927
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The first colored film was the wizard of oz and gone with the wind in 1939
