hostorical film event

By lorenzosykes

  • kinetograph

    kinetograph
    William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Edison, builds the first motion-picture camera and names it the Kinetograph.

  • history of film

    history of film
    history of film begans in 1890 with the invention of first motion picture cameras

  • firts movie theater

    firts movie theater
    first movie theater open in pitsburgh

  • movie fan magazine

    movie fan magazine
    Photoplay debuts as the first magazine for movie fans.

  • charlie chaplin sighn to mutual studio

    charli chaplin sighns to mutual studio and earn 10,000 a week

  • first canine as a star

    first canine as a star
    German Shepherd Rin Tin Tin becomes film's first canine star

  • walt disney first cartoon

    Walt Disney creates his first cartoon, "Alice's Wonderland."

  • steam boat willie

    steam boat willie
    Walt Disney introduces Galloping Gaucho and Steamboat Willie, the first cartoons with sound. The Academy Awards are handed out for the first time. Wings wins Best Picture

  • marilyn monroe

    Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36.
    Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business.

  • rating systerm

    The motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R and X.

  • steadicam

    The Steadicam is used for the first time in Rocky.

  • titanic expensive film of all time

    titanic expensive film of all time
    Titanic crashes into theaters. It is the most expensive film of all time, costing between $250 and $300 million to produce and market.