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some people argued that a horse had all four feet off the ground at the same time, others said impossible.
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an experiment was set up, rapid sequence of photos taken of a running horse. the horse did have all four feet off the ground.
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devices were invented that would fascinate any who wanted to watch moving images.(for a price).
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the disadvatage was only allowing " a audiece of one". a peephole was provided behind drawing or photos in rapid sequence.
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edison's company had made peephole kinetoscope and he was making a bit of money selling these devices.
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the lurniere brothers in france devised projector that could show motion pictares called cinematographe.
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vaudeville was quite popular. stared featuring short films. in 1900s vaudeville expanded into nickelodeons.
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nickelodeons were small storefront-type theaters along with one or two vauderille acts.
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thomas edison and edwin porter, in 1903 created the first u.s. harrative film, the great train robbery.
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thomas edison, several companies formed a trust called the motion picture patents company(MPPA). a film distrlbuion of everything in the motion pictare industry.
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meny films were shot outside , weather on east coast often didn't cooperate.
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west coast here farther away from MPPA control and they were close to mexico incase of a retreat.
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(MPPC) didn't list names of actors, feared of actors leaveing for more money. west coast immediately had an advantage in developing stars.
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charlie chaplin used his films to communicate messages about good and bad the haves and have -nots.
