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How it Started
To win a bet saying that all 4 hooves of a horse lifts off the ground while its running, Leland Stanford commisioned Muybridge to take 24 pictures in a rapid succession. After winning the bet, they discovered that flipping the images in order like a flipbook, it gave the illusion that the horse moved. -
Peephole Kinetoscope
Created by Thomas Edison. The design of the single viewer was devised as a way to charge more money for each individual veiwer. -
Kinetoscope Parlor
The first parlor was in New York. These parlors had multiple kinetoscopes lined up and people would watch the 30-60 second movies. -
The Lumières' Film
The Lumières created the first theater for publicly screening movies to a large group of people instead of one at a time to charge more. -
Hollywood
Hollywood was far from the MPPC so they were more easily able to make films without being attacked. It was the first film industry that listed actors' names to make them known and famous. 2 of the people were Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford. -
The Great Train Robbery (film)
This film was the first U.S narrative film. At the time, films were about 30-60 seconds long but the film lasted 12 minutes. This silent film was the first of its kind to have actual plot and story. -
Nickelodeons
One of the first movie theaters. It got its name because they only charged a nickel to view movies. -
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin was a famous comedic actor in the juvenile act in Casey's Circus. Chaplin was one of the most famous actors during the time of silent films.
