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The first surviving movie is Roundhay Garden Scene, it was only 2.11 seconds long but still counted as a movie, it was created in 1888 by French inventor Louis Le prince. This movie was black and white.
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The first motion picture studio was created by The Edison Corporation, it was named The first Kinetoscope parlor nicknamed The Black Maria. People could come and watch movies for 25 cents.
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The first Nickelodeon theater opens in 1905 in Pittsburgh, PA. Nickelodeon got its name from its admission prices of 5 cents. These theaters usually showed short, silent films.
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The first feature film was released in 1911 when two reels of D. W. Griffith's Enoch Arden were put together.
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On October 16, 1923 The Walt Disney company was created
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In 1927, The Jazz Singer was the first movie with sound that was released.
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Walt Disney Galloping Gaucho and Steamboat Willie, the first cartoons with sound.
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Double features began to emerge for a way that the unemployed could occupy time.
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when drive-ins where created din 1933 people could come park, eat, and enjoy their movie in comfort
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Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs was Disney's first animated movie, and it was a classic.
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Hollywood was threatened in 1948 by McCarthyism because of accusations of communism.
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When TV was invented Film needed to up its game so Widescreen was invented
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in 1953 the first 3D film was released, relying on stereoscopic technology.
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In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho comes out and terrifies the audience. Psycho become one of the years most successful films.
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In 1962 sadly the actress Marilyn Monroe passed away from a drug overdose at age 36.
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The Sound of Music hits in 1965 and is an instant hit
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Movie Ratings were introduced in 1968. Movie ratings include such as: G,R,PG,X. PG-13 came later and X was changed to NC-17
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The Steadicam is a device that allows videos to be smoother and prevents vibrations and shock. The Steadicam was invented in 1975
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In 1982 Jim Clark founded Silicon Graphics. This cutting-edge company contributed to the growth of computer imaging and animation in films.
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In 1990 the movie rating X was changed to NC-17 (No Children Under 17)
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in 1997 Titanic was released and cost up to 300 million dollars to produce and market.
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In 1999 the first digital projectors where introduced into the public. Giant reels of film where no longer needed to show a movie
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In 2000 Daniel Radcliffe was announced by Warner Bros. to play the 11 year old Harry Potter from the J.K. Rowling series that was due in 2001.
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In 2006 Walt Disney Co. paid 7.4 billion dollars for Pixar Animation Studios.
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Sadly on August 11, 2014 Robin Williams took his own life in Paradise Cay, CA. Robin William suffered from Lewy Body Disease or LBD for short, this is another form of dementia. It attacks every neuron in your body doctors say its as if he had cancer in every organ in his body.
