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First Early Moving Pictures
In motion pictures they used to emphasize only motion. No talking, no story just motion. One of the earliest movie shorts was a collection of 15-30 seconds senarios created by the Lumiere Brothers. -
Second Phase of Motion Pictures
These early films were quite short, running 5 to 8 minutes long; they were called "one reelers" (they were just one reel of film). In the U.S., these films were produced by a handful of small companies just outside of New York City (Biograph, Essenay, Lubin, Pathe Brothers, Selig, Polyscope, Vitagraph, Edison and Melies). -
Rise of the Star System
Early stars included Charlie Chaplin. In 1913, he was making just $130 a week, but by 1914, he was getting $10,000 a week ($500,000 a year, at a time when there was no federal income tax). He also got a signing bonus of $150,000. Other stars included Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Fatty Arbuckle and the Keystone Cops. -
The Rise to Hollywood
The first successful full-length feature film was Birth of a Nation. It cost $100,000 to make (a lot of money in those days, particularly in a small industry such as the movie industry) but it brought in $18 million in revenues. It ran over 3 hours, was popular, controversial and established Griffith as one of the nation’s leading directors. Technically, it was of high quality, with close ups, cross cutting, fadeouts, dramatic lighting. It was a powerful story told with exciting techniques. -
First TV
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The first transmission of images using this device occurred in 1925. Philo Farnsworth developed the first electronic television in 1927, and the first TV station broadcast the following year. All the images shown on the TV was in black and white. -
Sound in Movies
The first feature film originally presented as a talkie was The Jazz Singer, released in October 1927. A major hit, it was made with Vitaphone, which was at the time the leading brand of sound-on-disc technology. Sound-on-film, however, would soon become the standard for talking pictures. -
World War Movies
Movie attendance had grown steadily after the coming of sound; but in the period after World War II, movie attendance plummeted. Between 1945 and 1948, an average of 90 million tickets were sold each week; that dropped to a low of 45 million tickets in 1960. Television was on big factor in movie "go-ers". It was at home and more convinent. -
First Color Showing
NBC's first Color Show on Television Tape. NBC inaugurated Colorcasting on November 22, 1953 with "The Colgate Comedy Hour" and shortly thereafter on January 1, 1954 with "The Tournament of Roses Parade," and was continually adding new color shows to their schedule through the 1950's and 60's. -
Hollywood's Revival
Hollywood merged with TV companies. They became a "TV Town". They sold old movies to TV companies and collected an estimated $220 million. -
Movie with Money
The movie with the most money of all time is "Gone with the Wind" with $3,440,000,000 worldwide.(As of 2014)
