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William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, commissioned by Thomas Alva Edison, builds the first motion-picture camera and names it the Kinetograph.
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The first movie theater opens in Pittsburgh. -
Walt Disney creates his first cartoon, "Alice's Wonderland."
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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. -
The motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R, and X.
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Do Star Wars hit theaters? for the first time? and will go on to be the second highest-grossing film of all time.
Saturday Night Fever sparks the disco inferno and the popularity of movie soundtracks -
titanic becomes the highest-grossing film of all time, raking in more than $580 million domestically.
Titanic captures a record-tying 11 Academy Awards, including those for Best Picture and Best Director (James Cameron). -
The Walt Disney Co. pays $7.4 billion for Pixar Animation Studios, the powerhouse that created the Toy Story films, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. -
Raya and the Last Dragon is a movie about Raya and Sisu, the last dragon of Kumandra, and their quest of finding all the pieces of a magical gem to restore the land to its previous, peaceful form