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CRITICAL VIEWING. NOTABLE HOLLYWOOD FIRSTS. 1890. the first “multiple image” camera is patented. Kinetoscope (Viewer). Kinetograph (Camera). 1893. BLACK MARIA (WEST ORANGE, NJ). the first motion picture studio, coined the “Black Maria” is built by Thomas Edison. 1894. FRED OTT’S SNEEZE.
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CRITICAL VIEWING NOTABLE HOLLYWOOD FIRSTS
1890 the first “multiple image” camera is patented Kinetoscope (Viewer) Kinetograph (Camera)
1893 BLACK MARIA (WEST ORANGE, NJ) the first motion picture studio, coined the “Black Maria” is built by Thomas Edison
1894 FRED OTT’S SNEEZE the first short film, entitled “Fred Ott’s Sneeze” is produced at the Black Maria
1896 THE KISS the first public protest is voiced concerning the content of the short film “The Kiss”
1902 • THE MAN ON THE MOON AKA A TRIP TO THE MOON (SFX) the first special effects are employed by French director George Méliès in A Trip to the Moon
1904 THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY the first narrative movie The Great Train Robbery is filmed
1915 BIRTH OF A NATION the first film to earn a one-million-dollar profit, D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation makes over two million dollars although it cost only $100,000 to make; it is subsequently banned by the U.S. Supreme Court for racist content
1916 INTOLERANCE the first movie flop, D.W. Griffith poured his entire two-million-dollar earnings from The Birth of a Nation into Intolerance, a bloated production from which he loses all his previous earnings
1916 CHARLIE CHAPLIN the first high-paid actor, Charlie Chaplin earns $10,000 per week plus a $150,000 yearly bonus for his productions and portrayal of the beloved “little tramp”
1919 CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI the first horror film, the German-made The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, features expressionistic sets, a mad scientist, and a zombie murderer
1922 RIN TIN TIN the first animal star, German shepherd Rin Tin Tin, barks his way onto the silver screen
1927 THE JAZZ SINGER the first “talkie,” The Jazz Singer delights filmgoers with its musical numbers
1928 STEAMBOAT WILLIE animated star Mickey Mouse finds his voice in his first talking role, Steamboat Willie
1930 U.S. movie attendance tops 70 million viewers per week, of a 123 million national population
1939 GONE WITH THE WIND the first box office smashes, Gone with the Wind, ten-time Oscar winner, and The Wizard of Oz, the most-watched film in history, hit theaters
1941 CITIZEN KANE the most critically acclaimed American film of all time, Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles, makes its theater debut