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first motion picture studio
the Edison corporation established the first kinetograph -
movie theater
the first movie theater opened in Pittsburg -
kinetophone
Thomas Edison made the first kinetophone -
narrative close up
d w Griffith's civil war epic introduced the narrative close up -
first cartoon
walt disney made their first cartoon "Alice's wonderland" -
winning award
"it happened one night" won best picture, director, actor, and actress. -
retirement
actress greta garbo retired at age 36 -
jump cut & hand held camera
jean-luc, typical of the new French wave use of jump cut and the hand held camera -
first horror movie
"physco" introduced horror into the movie theater -
movie ratings
movie ratings like g, pg, r, and x were introduced to theaters -
Star Wars
Star Wars was introduced for the first time and became extremely popular and the 2nd highest grossing film of all time
