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Eadweard Muybridge
He made a bet that galloping horse have all four feet up at the same time. He used cameras and took many pictures while the horse was moving and captured it. When watching the pictures fast Muybridge discovered motion in the pictures -
Kinetoscope
Invention by Thomas Edison and William Dickson. An earlier version of a projector that in it a film strip passed quickly showing the "moving-images" through a peephole -
Kinetoscope Parlor
An earlier version of a theater that exhibits many kinetoscopes so people can come and pay to see the "moving-images". The first opened in London 1894 -
Cinematographe
A projector invented by Lumiere Brothers that could show motion pictures on a screen for an audience. Thomas Edison initially didn't want to do it so The Lumiere Brothers did it -
Vaudeville
small theaters that showed short dramatic skits, comedy routines, and song and dance numbers. They became popular from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. They eventually featured short films in between acts. Also expanded into nickelodeons -
The Great Train Robbery
It is the first narrative film in the US created by Edwin Porter. The film contained 14 scenes and lasted 12 minutes which was a real epic -
Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)
a trust between several companies led by Thomas Edison. The plan was to use their combined patents to control almost everything in the motion picture industry. -
Nickelodeon theaters success
the theaters were attracting 26 million viewers each week, years later they had even more than double in numbers. It began to attract potential for big profits -
MPPC On Not Listing Actors
MPPC feared that putting the actors name in their films would make them well known and would want to be paid more. West Coast studios though differently so they developed popular stars
