Timeline: Media Timeline

Dec 13, 1900

Grandma's Reading GLass

Director : George Albert Smith

Aug 15, 1904

Pioneering Age (1896 -1912)

From sideshow to Art form.

Jan 19, 1915

Alice In Wonderland

Director: W.W Young.
Alice : Viola Savoy This film is a silent film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic novel ; Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.

Sep 19, 1920

The Silent Age (1913 -1927)

The emergence of Hollywood World War 1 and the exodus from Europe.

Sep 3, 1922

Grandma's Boy

Director : Fred. C. Newmeyer The Film is Black and White.

Sep 29, 1930

The Transition Age (1928-1932)

From Silent to Sound.

Jun 30, 1939

Gone With The Wind

Film inspired by Romance Novel, The Film was Black and White.

Sep 28, 1939

The Hollywood Studio Age (1932-1946)

Domination by the studios
Genre movies
World War 2

Dec 20, 1946

It's A Wonderful Life.

Director: Frank Capra This Black and White christmas movie was a huge success in it's time, and it still brings a family together on Christmas eve now. This movie was based on the short novel, The Greatest Gift. The film is considered one of the most inspirational and best loved movies in American cinema.

Mar 4, 1950

Cinderella

Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson. Twelfth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series.
This film was a coloured cartoon.

Sep 26, 1950

The Internationalist Age (1947-1959)

Hollywood Decline t.v.

Sep 27, 1960

The New Wave Era (1960 - 1980)

From France to the world.
Technological innovation.
Small scale productions.
Strong social/political value to film.

Aug 27, 1964

Mary Poppins

Director; Robert Stevenson.
This film was a Musical hit.

Jun 16, 1978

Grease

Grease is a musical set in the 1950's around the working-class youth subculture known as the "Greasers".

Jul 3, 1985

Back To The Future

This movie is a Science fiction adventure comedy film. The film tells the story of Marty McFly, a teenager who is accidentally sent back in time from 1985 to 1955.