Film History Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 3 Oct 2022
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Created byAndrew Thao
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United ArtistsThe Great Train RobberyHollywood became OfficialEdwin S. PorterThe Escaped LunaticThe first ever parody filmThe Warner BrothersThe Jazz Singer (1927)The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences was foundedFirst 'talkie'
using the
movietone systemUnderworld,
First Gangster FilmParamount Studios CreatedThe Viking (1928)
First feature technicolor film
with soundtrackFritz Lang, MetropolisFirst feature film
using the Fox
movietone systemMotion picture film became
standardized at 24 fps
Average cost
per movie is 25 centsCreation of RKODinner Time (1928)
First all talking cartoon shortFirst reported use of a "freeze-frame"In Old Arizona (1928)Invention of boom micApplause (1929)The change over to talkiesFirst awarded "Best Picture"
academy awardWalt Disney Productions
is formedActors lose jobs during
transfer over to talkiesFirst Prison drama filmMotion Picture Production Code (MPPC) is createdDaily Newspaper mentions the
film industry for the first timeThe first Commercial MovieThe Latham LoopThe Persistence of VisionFilm with no ColorDrawing of colorThe MonsterThe First KissAfter The BallThe Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight.An Hallucinated AlchemistThe Humpty Dumpty CircusMultishot effectCinderellaThe Astronomer's DreamForeign films receive dubDouble FeaturesUniversal's Dracula film classicUniversal's Frankenstein film classicFirst feature film
made by African-
American filmmakerDeath of Thomas EdisonThe Ball GameDon Juan TenorioSanta ClauseThe Jeffries-Sharkey FightFirst major Film FestivalFirst Zombie FilmThe Kiss in the TunnelThe MirographeArmy LifeAs Seen Through a TelescopeThe (New) KissLet Me Dream AgainThe One-Man BandEiffel TowerThe Devil in a ConventFirst feature film to be tv broadcastedFirst Drive-in theaterWalt Disney and The Three Little Pigs (1933)RKO saved from bankruptcyTwentieth Century Pictures
is foundedMystery of The Wax Museum (1933)King Kong (1933)Warner's saved from bankruptcyScreen Actors Guild (SAG) is foundedFirst Feature made in three-strip technicolorMPPC amendment called the
Production Code Administration (PCA)
is establishedLegion of Decency formationFirst live-action 3-strip
technicolor sequenceFirst live-action feature film
with 3-strip technicolorFirst Japanese Talkie FeatureMGM first 3d film20th century fox is formedShirley Temple rises to fameThe HomesteaderTri-EgronBen-HurSound-on-filmThe Troll of the SeaThe Lost WorldThe Covered WagonAlice's WonderlandDream StreetNanook of the NorthThe Power of LoveThe Man From Hell's RiverThe Einstein Theory of RelativityRaoul Grimoin-SansonRaoul Grimoin-SansonLumière Brothers hold World RecordGoing to Bed Under Difficulties5,000 NickeldenosWehrenberg Theatres.The Story of the Kelly GangFirst film makers in Los Angeles.The Kalem Film CompanyThe first detective filmsThe first real horror filmNew
eventMovie theaters in the United States.The first feature-length filmThe first US multi-reel "feature" filmThe first film made in the new municipality of HollywoodThe first movie stuntMax FactorThe first US "feature film"The first US fan magazineThe first feature-length filmThe Nestor CompanyCreditsThe first ever closeup shot in a motion pictureCompanies opening in HollywoodMotion pictures moved out of nickelodeonsThe first episode of the first true cliff-hanger serial was releasedJohn Randolph Bray's first animated filmThe Werewolf filmThe Great White WayScroogeFire!The Story of a CrimeAffair of HonorThe Gordon Sisters BoxingVeriscope createdThe closing of Black MariaLa Fée aux ChouxTheatrographVitascope HallSelig Polyscope CompanyKørsel med Grønlandske HundePrince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the NetsThe Birth of a Nation premiersThe Bell & Howell 2709 moving camera is inventedMutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of OhioThe Fall of a Nation is released.Sea Fighting in GreecePillar of FireSun Picture Theatre opensWhere are my Children is released.A Natural Born Gambler is released.The Habit of Happiness is released.Brownie cameraShooting of William McKinleyPresident McKinley Reviewing the Troops at the Pan-American ExpositionEddison sues American Mutoscope & Biograph CompanyCharlie Chaplin signs million-dollar dealThe Rotoscope is inventedEl Apóstol is released.The Gulf Between releases.The Lincoln Motion Picture Company is founded.The four Warner Brothers, opened their first West Coast studioEdison Trust disbands, following a Supreme Court caseTarzan of the Apes premiers in New YorkThe Sinking of the Lusitania releases.Eddison loses one of his monopolysThomas Lincoln TallyWalt DisneyThe Dragon Painter releasesKoKo the Clown becomes one of the first animated charactersA Trip to the MoonBurnley v. Manchester UnitedWill Barker StudiosChronophoneFun in a Bakery ShopUS denys EddisonMax Aronson Rise to fameNew Copy Right LawsA Romance of the RailRube and Mandy at Coney IslandA Romance of the Rail13mm film and 17.5mm film createdRed - Specific FilmsBlue - Specific PeopleYelllow - Specific InventionsGreen - MiscellaniousJ. Stuart BlacktonVitagraphfirst documentary re-creationNarrative filmGeorges MélièsThe first film exchangeHarry Davis and John HarrisRescued by RoverThe Cabinet of Dr. CaligariThe Debut of Thomas CatThe Golem: How He Came into the WorldThe KidDrakula HalálaMGM StudiosAelita: Queen of MarsThe Last LaughColumbia PicturesKo-Ko song car-tunesThe Central Casting CorporationThe Gold RushVitaphoneThe Pleasure GardenThe Black PirateMovietoneThe Adventures of Prince AchmedTime, The Weekly News MagazineOne WeekPeriods
Talkies EraThree-Strip TechnicolorThe Kuelshov Effect
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