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6 days 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.
- Precursors of Film
Precursors of film are concepts and devices that have much...
- History of Film Technology
Cinématographe Lumière at the Institut Lumière, France. The...
- Precursors of Film
Apr 29, 2024 · Such a device was created by French-born inventor Louis Le Prince in the late 1880s. He shot several short films in Leeds, England, in 1888, and the following year he began using the newly invented celluloid film. He was scheduled to show his work in New York City in 1890, but he disappeared while traveling in France.
1 day ago · Anton Pavlovich Chekhov [a] (Russian: Антон Павлович Чехов [b], IPA: [ɐnˈton ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕexəf]; 29 January 1860 [c] – 15 July 1904 [d]) was a Russian writer, playwright and physician. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.
- Russian
- from 1870s
- Writer, physician, philanthropist
- First Moscow State Medical University
May 2, 2024 · After seeing the Lumière brothers’ films in 1895, he became a filmmaker and made over 500 short films between 1896 and 1913. After the bankruptcy of his film company in 1913, Méliès worked in obscurity in a toy store in a Paris train station. He and his films were rediscovered in the 1920s, and he was honoured for his role in film history.
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20 hours ago · Booker T. Washington. Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite . Born into slavery on April 5, 1856, in Hale's Ford, Virginia, Washington was freed ...
May 2, 2024 · Rudolph Valentino (born May 6, 1895, Castellaneta, Italy—died August 23, 1926, New York, New York, U.S.) was an Italian-born American actor who was idolized as the “Great Lover” of the 1920s silent era of film.
3 days ago · 1895 - Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory is the first movie shown to paying customers (you can watch it here ). 1900 - Soldiers of the Cross is considered the first feature-length motion picture ever made. 1914 - Photo-Drama of Creation is the first movie to synchronize sound with the film (no talking yet).
