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It all started with a bet at a horse race for $25,000 that all four feet of the horse was off the ground at the same time
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Creating the Ilusion of motion from a series of still images were displayed in devices that anyone who wanted to pay to see them would get to
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Edison invents the peephole kinetoscope and likes the fact that only 1 person could view at a time
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Edison invented the cinematographe first but didnt want to produce it because he would make more money
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The Lumiere brothers in france produce the cinematographe which is 30-60 second films
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Vaudeville ( small theatres that featured short dramatic skits etc..) got popular
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you pay one nickel to see a film in a small storefront-type theatre (accompained by an ocrastra)
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First US narrative film was created by Thomas edison and edwin porter
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nickelodeons were attracting 26 million viewers each week, 5 years later that number doubled
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Thomas edison and his band of misfit film makers created the Motion Picture Patents Company to police all the films that were being created
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Big name Actors and Actresses were made into superstars, Mary pickford and Charlie Chaplin we most famous
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Film makers went west to avoid Thomas Edison and bad weather for film making