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  1. 2 days ago · Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, and it quickly became the most popular home-entertainment device of the century. Seeking to provide a visual accompaniment to the phonograph, Edison commissioned Dickson, a young laboratory assistant, to invent a motion-picture camera in 1888.

  2. 1 day ago · At both the Edison and Lumière studios, loose narratives such as the 1895 Edison film, Washday Troubles, established short relationship dynamics and simple storylines. In 1896, La Fée aux Choux (The Fairy of the Cabbages) was first released.

  3. Jul 13, 2024 · Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. [1] .

  4. 2 days ago · Edison and the Lumière brothers; Méliès and Porter; Early growth of the film industry

  5. Jul 4, 2024 · The origination of many such techniques is closely associated with the work of Edwin S. Porter, a freelance projectionist and engineer who joined the Edison Company in 1900 as production head of its new skylight studio on East 21st Street in New York City.

  6. 6 days ago · Paramount Pictures was founded on May 8th, 1912. And Universal Studios pipped it to the most by just eight days, commencing operations on April 30th, 1912. 112 years later, the two studios are the biggest players around, making up over 30% of the North American market. Edison got there too early to ride the wave of movie-making innovation that ...

  7. Jun 29, 2024 · Learn about Edison's invention of the first movie projector, the Kinetoscope, and his building of the first movie studio, the Black Maria. Take a peek at what the first copyrighted film, Record of a Sneeze, looked like.