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  2. Silent film - Wikipedia

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    The studio then released The Jazz Singer in 1927, which marked the first commercially successful sound film, but silent films were still the majority of features released in both 1927 and 1928, along with so-called goat-glanded films: silents with a subsection of sound film inserted. Thus the modern sound film era may be regarded as coming to ...

  3. Cinema of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Classical style began to emerge in 1913, was accelerated in 1917 after the U.S. entered World War I and finally solidified when the film The Jazz Singer was released in 1927, ending the silent film era and increasing box-office profits for the film industry by introducing sound to feature films.

  4. History of cinema in the United States - Wikipedia

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    By 1908 there were thousands of storefront Nickelodeons, Gems and Bijous across North America. A few theaters from the nickelodeon era are still showing films today. The 1913 opening of the Regent Theater in New York City signaled a new respectability for the medium, and the start of the two-decade heyday of American cinema design.

  5. Category:American silent films - Wikipedia

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  6. List of cinematic firsts - Wikipedia

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    U2 3D was the first live-action film to be shot, posted, and exhibited entirely in 3D, [129] the first live-action digital 3D film, [130] and the first 3D concert film. [131] Regarding its production, it was the first 3D film shot using a zoom lens , [ 132 ] an aerial camera , [ 133 ] and a multiple-camera setup . [ 130 ]

  7. Classical Hollywood cinema - Wikipedia

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    The film initiated so many advances in American cinema that it was rendered obsolete within a few years. [10] Though 1913 was a global landmark for filmmaking, 1917 was primarily an American one; the era of "classical Hollywood cinema" is distinguished by a narrative and visual style which began to dominate the film medium in America by 1917. [11]

  8. Lists of silent films - Wikipedia

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    List of lost films; List of lost silent films (1910–1914) List of lost silent films (1915–1919) List of lost silent films (1920–1924) List of lost silent films (1925–1929) List of incomplete or partially lost films; List of lost or unfinished animated films; List of rediscovered films; List of rediscovered film footage

  9. List of years in film - Wikipedia

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    Salvador Toscano created the film, "Don Juan Tenorio", which is considered one of the first films in Mexico and perhaps the first fictional film in Mexico, as South America as a continent focuses on making documentaries in its early film history. [5] [6] 1898 – Hiralal Sen was inspired and filmed the "Flower of Persia" play. [7]