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Hannibal W. Goodwin invents film. George Eastman buys the invention and begins mass producing it.
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Thomas Edison introduces the Kinetograph, the first true motion camera
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First nickelodeon opens in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Charlie Chaplin signs on with Mutual Studios and earns an unprecedented $10,000 a week.
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Technicolor is introduced.
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Walt Disney creates his first cartoon, "Alice's Wonderland."
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Warner Brothers produce full-length singing and talking film called The Jazz Singer with popular singer and stage actor during this time named Al Jolson. The audience loved it.
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Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, hits theaters and becomes an instant classic.
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Television overtakes movies in popularity color replaces black and white movies in theaters; theaters then attempt to win audiences back with 3-D pictures and replacing black and white movies with color.
