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The Bet That Started It All
In 1855 there was a bet placed on if a horse could get all four legs off the ground at top speed. the wager was $25,000 for the correct person. After taking multiple pictures of the horse running they saw that the collection of pictures created a sort of "flip book" that could potentially lead to animation. -
Thomas Edison
Believe it or not Thomas Edison made millions of dollars off of the film business too. With inventions like the peephole kinetoscope he helped the film industry succeed to new heights. In Fact he was the Film Industry. -
A Kinetoscope Parlor
In 1895 the very first movie theatre was created. The theatre was named the kinetoscope parlor. It was very unique for its time. In that time movies where just "moving images" that you had to pay to go see. -
The Creation Of Cinematographé
Cinematographé was first invented by the Lumière brothers in 1895. the films were really short only lasting about 30-60 seconds. The first showings started at the Paris cafe, in France. -
Vaudeville's Rise
In the early 1900's vaudeville became more and more popular. And with more fame came more competition. So to stay ahead they showed short films in between acts and soon expanded into nickelodeons. -
The Great Train Robbery
This film was the first ever narrative film. This film lasted a whole 12 minutes. It consisted of 14 scenes. -
The Creation Of Nickelodeon
An Nickelodeon is a small store-front type theater that showed films. Usually the films were accompanied with piano music and sound effects. Also one or two vaudeville acts were held aswell. -
The Formation Of The (MPPC)
The Motion Picture Patents Company led by Thomas Edison was created in 1908. The reason the company was created was to have a monopoly for all of film production. So every item under the groups combined patent was to be destroyed if they were unaffiliated with the group. -
Nickelodeon Boom
In 1910, Nickelodeon theaters were getting quite popular. They were getting about 26-million watchers a week. And 5 years later that number doubled. -
Contributions Of Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was widely known as america's sweetheart. She was born in 1892 and died in 1979. She was told to be the most important woman of her time. -
The Contributions Of Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin is known as the undisputed comic genus of silent comedy. He started out making about $150 a week. in around 1917 he was making more than a million dollars a year which is a lot for 1917. -
Big Names
The (MPPC) did not list the name of their actors. the reason is so that the the individual companies dont let the actors know what they are worth and ask for higher pay. and this led to the company getting more money than ever.
