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The first motion picture camera, the Kinetograph, is built by William Kennedey Laurie Dickson (commissioned by Thomas Alva Edison).Thomas Edison.
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The Edison Corporation makes the first motion picture studio.
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The first Kinetoscope parlor opens at 1155 Broadway in New York City. Spectators can watch films for 25 cents.
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The very first movie theater is opened in Pittsburg.
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Thomas Edison introduces his kinetophone, which makes talkies a reality.
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Gertie the Dinosaur The first animated cartoon, Gertie the Dinosaur by Winsor McCay is unleashed.
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Alice's WonderlandWalt Disney creates his first cartoon, "Alice's Wonderland."
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Walt Disney introduces Galloping Gaucho and Steamboat Willie, the first cartoons with sound.
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The first academy awards are presented.
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The first three coloured system appeared in Becky Sharp.
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The big-screen adaptation of Gone with the Wind premieres, and will go on to gross $192 million, making it one of the most profitable films of all time. It's also one of the longest films, clocking in at 231 minutes.
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Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho terrifies audiences and becomes one of the year's most successful films, as well as one of the most memorable psychological thrillers.
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Audrey Hepburn delights as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's, but Henry Mancini emerges as the real star. He won two Oscars and four Grammy Awards for the score.
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The Sound of Music premieres. An instant hit, the film was one of the top-grossing films of 1965 and remains one of film's most popular musicals.
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The film rating system is released.
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Titanic crashes into theaters. It is the most expensive film of all time, costing between $250 and $300 million to produce and market.
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Warner Bros. announces that 11-year-old British actor Daniel Radcliffe will play the titular wizard in Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, the first film to be adapted from the wildly popular series of young adult books by J. K. Rowling. The film is due out Thanksgiving 2001.
