The history of flim

Eastman devolps the kodak

Sep 4, 1888

Eastman pations the kodak

William dickson designs Kinetoscope

Jan 1, 1891

william dickson, an assistant to Thomas Edison desighs Kinetoscope.

kinetograph camera with sprocket system

May 9, 1892

"Black Maria"

Dec 1, 1892

construction started in December 1892. first Offical film studio in new jersey

Coin operated kinetoscope

Jan 1, 1894

Coin-operated Kinetoscopes appear in a New York City amusement arcade.

the Lumiere brothers

Dec 28, 1895

first commercial exhibition of a porjected motion picture to a paying public in the world first movie theater

Georges Melies

May 1, 1896

sets up europes first film studio
pioneer in illusion and fantasy filmmaking

vitascope spread rapidly

Sep 9, 1896

vitascope spreads rapidly across country

Edison and the court system

Oct 4, 1898

Edison files the first of many patent infringement suits, claiming that others are using equipment based on his Kinetograph camera.

american mutoscope company

Dec 1, 1899

did quite well do to crisp clear 70mm film

first film exchange

Jan 2, 1902

Henry Miles sets up the first film exchange, allowing exhibitors to rent films instead of buying them.

le voyage Dans la lune

Oct 27, 1902

le voyage dans la lune show in france

The great train robbery

Jan 1, 1903

first narrativefilm with storyline
first film shot out of sequence
first film uses cross cutting

Nickelodeon

Apr 12, 1905

Harry Davis opens the first nickelodeon in Pittsburgh.

Scandel

Jan 1, 1908

A scandal over bribery for licensing movie theaters and immorality in films leads New York City to temporarily shut all nickelodeons.

Theaters overwhlming

Jan 10, 1909

There are about 9,000 movie theaters in the United States. The typical film is only a single reel long, or ten- to twelve minutes in length, and the performers were anonymous.

Studios The annex of a city

Sep 10, 1910

Studios begin distributing publicity stills of actors and actresses.
Thomas Edison's attempt to combine the phonograph and motion pictures fails commercially. The Motion Picture Patent Company tries to monopolize film distribution by setting up the General Film Company. Independent William Fox responds by making his own movies. Los Angeles annexes Hollywood.

Credit were credit due

Jan 1, 1911

Credits begin to appear at the beginning of motion pictures.

Univearal studios

May 20, 1912

Carl Laemmle organizes Universal Pictures, which will become the first major studio.

World war 1 breaks out

Jul 28, 1914

War breaks out in Europe

FOX

Jun 1, 1915

William Fox founds the Fox Film Corporation, combining motion picture production, distribution, and theaters.

Warner bros

Oct 1, 1923

Warner Bros. is established.