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Thomas Edison and his company demonstrated a prototype of the Kinetoscope. It allowed the viewing of moving pictures, one person at a time.
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The Edison Company establishes the first motion-picture studio, a Kinetograph production center. Spectator could watch films for 25 cents in NYC in the first Kinetoscope parlor
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In1895, Auguste and Louise Lumière invented a combination of a camera and projector: the Cinématograph. In Paris, the very first people to have an audience pay to watch a moving picture were the Lumière brothers.
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in Pittsburgh, the first movie theater opened
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The New York Times publishes the first movie review
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invented by Thomas Edison- made talkies (motion pictures with synchronized sound) a reality
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Charlie Chaplin played his most famous character
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Winsor McCay releases Gertie the Dinosaur, the first animated cartoon
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Chaplin signs on with Mutual Studios and earns an unprecedented $10,000a week
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Technicolor through a three- color system
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The motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R, and X ratings.
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The Walt Disney Company buys Pixar Animation Studios of $7.4 billion
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Avatar is released. One of the first movies to uses heavy CGI
