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American inventor, Lee de Forest perfects an optical soundtrack for films that runs between the picture area and one row of sprockets. He calls his invention the “Phonofilm”
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Rise of Rudolph Valentino as a star. Following his appearance in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" the public could not get enough of him. He appeared in "The Conquering Power" and then a major role in "The Sheik" which increased his popularity even further.
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-Walt Disney released the cartoon, “Four Musicians of Bremen”
-First 3-D movie. Viewing required spectacles with one red and one green lens.
-Hollywood became the center of film making in the U.S. with 85% of movie production. -
German director, Ernst Lubitsch, comes Hollywood to pursue his career
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The public demand bigger and better pictures so bigger budget films were made, including "The Sea Hawk", "The Iron Horse", "Dante's Inferno", "Monsieur Beaucaire" with Rudolph Valentino, and "America" by D. W. Griffith
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Large drop in box-office takings which was due to the growing popularity of radio.
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Over 400 feature films were made costing 120 million dollars and there were 14,600 movie theatres in the U.S
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“The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences” is founded with actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers, the Academy soon becomes the studio–approved alternative to a real union
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Public wanted "talkies", a movie with a soundtrack, so movie theatres were upgraded with sound systems for "Talkies"
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The film industry now only has "talkies" and silent films were a thing of the past. The voice of an actor was majorly important. Studios rushed to recruit actors with stage experience. Actors were forced to take voice lessons
