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The history of cinema in the United States can trace its roots to the East Coast, where, at one time, Fort Lee, New Jersey, was the motion-picture capital of America. The American film industry began at the end of the 19th century, with the construction of Thomas Edison's "Black Maria", the first motion-picture studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
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.
Overall, from about 1910, American films had the largest share of the market in all European countries except France, and even in France, the American films had just pushed the local production out of first place on the eve of World War I. [citation needed] Pathé Frères expanded and significantly shaped the American film business, creating ...
The Story of Film: An Odyssey is a 2011 British documentary film about the history of film, presented on television in 15 one-hour chapters with a total length of over 900 minutes. It was directed and narrated by Mark Cousins, a film critic from Northern Ireland, based on his 2004 book The Story of Film. [1] [2]
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A landmark film, Gentleman's Agreement, was produced in 1947. It highlighted antisemitism in America during the post-World War II years in America. In the film a reporter, played by Gregory Peck, decides to write a story on the subject, by posing as a Jew himself to gain first-hand experience. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture for ...
Sundance Film Festival is upon us again, shining a light on the best of the best in independent cinema. For more than 40 years, Sundance, which kicks off Thursday (and runs through Feb. 3), has ...
0–9. List of American films of the 1890s; American films of 1891; American films of 1892; American films of 1893; American films of 1894; American films of 1895