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Eadweard Muybridge made a bet that all 4 legs of a horse were off the ground.Kinetoscope, Thomas Edison and William DicksonCinematograph, Lumiere Bros.A Trip to the Moon, George Melies, 1st Science Fiction, 1st movie to tell storyThe Great Train Robbery, Edwin PorterMPPC was formed (Motion Picture Patents Company)Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith, 1st EpicMovie Makers moved to Hollywood and Hollywood established as film capitol of the worldNanook of the North, 1st DocumentaryBen Hur, $6 million to produceDon Juan, 1st film with soundtrack (only music on film)1st News reels appeared
The Jazz Singer, 1st film with talking and singing on film
1st electronic transmission of television (know the specific date)RCA Bought Philo’s idea for TVSecret Studio 3H set up in Rockefeller PlazaBecky Sharp, 1st film with color1st Variety Show1st commercially successful color films released: The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the WindWWII caused television development to slow downAfter the War – TV sales jumped because everyone was in a good mood after the war
170,000 TV sets250,000 TV sets
Texaco Star Theatre was released; responsible for the jump in TV sales
William Paley appointed president of CBS
4 networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, DumontEd Sullivan Show, Ed SullivanDumont network failedFox Network joined the other 3 networksPeriodi
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