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The first horizontal-feed motion picture camera is developed by Thomas Edisons assistant W.K.L. Dickson.
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The first permanent movie theatre is built in Los Angeles
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The Vitagraph Company of America opens a film studio in California.
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84% of all the films made in the U.S. were filmed in Hollywood
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As the depression takes its hold on Americans and their wallets, profits fall and many theatres close.
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It is assumed that 60 million out of 130 million Americans go to the movies every week!
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Acetate/Safety film, made from cellulose triacetate, has replaced the highly inflammable nitrate film as the standard for 35mm film production, distribution and film preservation.
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The Academy Awards ceremony is broadcast on television for the first time. It draws the largest audience television's five-year commerical history.