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List of years in film
This page indexes the individual year in film pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
19th century in film
See also: 19th century in film
1900s
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1910s
See also: 1910s in film
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1910 - First filmed "Frankenstein" by Edison studios.
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1911 - Nestor Films opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.
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1912 - From the Manger To the Cross, directed by Sidney Olcott
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1913 - The first Charlie Chaplin movies are made.
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1914 - Tillie's Punctured Romance produced by Mack Sennett, stars Marie Dressler, Charlie Chaplin, and Mabel Normand.
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1915 - The Country Girl, starring Florence LaBadie. The first great epic of American film, The Birth of a Nation is produced by D. W. Griffith.
- 1916 - D. W. Griffith's second monumental production, Intolerence is released.
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1917 - Technicolor is introduced
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1918 - "My Four Years in Germany " is the first Warner Brothers production. First National releases the first Tarzan film, starring Elmo Lincoln .
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1919 - United Artists is founded by Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and D. W. Griffith.
1920s
See also: 1920s in film
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1920 - Buster Keaton begins starring in shorts and his first feature, "The Saphead " at Metro. Erich Von Stroheim's "The Devil's Passkey " stars Mae Busch at Goldwyn.
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1921 - Laurel and Hardy's first film together is "A Lucky Dog ".
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1922 - Nosferatu, first ever vampire film released. Also, "Our Gang" series begins at Hal Roach studios.
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1923 - Harold Lloyd's greatest movie "Safety Last" produced by Hal Roach, released by Pathe.
- 1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio established.
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1925 - Lon Chaney's greatest film, The Phantom of the Opera is released by Universal with colour sequences. Eric Von Stroheim 's magnum opus, Greed.
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1926 - First Vitaphone feature, "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore, released by Warner Brothers. Posthumously released, "The Son Of the Shiek " is Rudolph Valentino's biggest grossing film.
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1927 - Al Jolson movie The Jazz Singer popularizes sound motion pictures. First talkie newsreel,"Fox Movietone News ".
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1928 - First talkie cartoon,"Dinner Time " is produced by VanBuren Studios, the second talkie cartoon, "Steamboat Willie" by Walt Disney is released a month later.
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1929 - The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are distributed. Also, Laurel & Hardy make their talkie debut in "Unaccustomed As we are " co-starring Thelma Todd at Hal Roach Studios. Rko-Radio studio is established.
1930s
See also: 1930s in film
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1930 - The first Busby Berkely musical film, "Whoopee" starring Eddie Cantor, is released by Goldwyn in colour. Also, Max Fleischer's animated star "Betty Boop" debuts.
- 1931 - Laurel & Hardy's first feature, "Pardon Us " is released by MGM.
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1932 - Shirley Temple's film career begins
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1933 - Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees premieres, the first film produced in the three-strip Technicolor process. The film Ecstacy , which shows simulated sex, shocks audiences. Also, First Popeye cartoon, "Popeye the Sailor" debuts.
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1934 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum . The first Columbia Three Stooges short is released. Shirley Temple becomes a star. The so-called 'pre-code' era ends when the Production Code is amended to require all films to obtain a certificate of approval. The code is effectively enforced for the first time with the removal of nude scenes from the movie Tarzan and his Mate.
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1935 - Laurel & Hardy's last short subject, "Thicker Than water ". The first feature-length motion picture in three-strip Technicolor, RKO's Becky Sharp.
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1936 - Thelma Todd's final short subject "An All-American Toothache " co-starring Patsy Kelly and Mickey Daniels.
- 1937 - Snow White, first feature-length animated movie
- 1938 - Casting begins on The Wizard of Oz
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1939 - Gone With the Wind premiers in Atlanta
1940s
See also: 1940s in film
1950s
See also: 1950s in film
1960s
See also: 1960s in film
1970s
See also: 1970s in film
1980s
See also: 1980s in film
1990s
See also: 1990s in film
2000s
See also: 2000s in film
External link
- Box office grosses 1950-2003 http://www.teako170.com/statsamania.html
- Interactive/editable movie timeline 1900-Present Day http://www.moviestimeline.com/
Last updated: 02-19-2005 17:55:48
Last updated: 05-01-2005 03:48:41
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