1800s-1915 Era of experimentation
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In 1884, George Eastman invented celluloid film In 1891, Thomas Edison used celluloid film in a motion picture camera, applied for patents on the Kinetograph and the player ature=player_embedded ature=player_embedded
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Early 1900s The Silent Era
Edison controlled most of the patents for movies, and he attempted to control both the business and its cultural impacts In 1908, Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company in 1908, also known as the "Edison Trust" (monopoly)
The independents, especially the founders of Universal, Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox studios, moved away from the East coast to California, where mild weather and distance from the Edison company allowed feature film expansion.
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World War II Golden Age of Propanganda Films
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1930s-1950s Golden Age of Cinema
Characterized by addition of sound and colors Gone with the Wind 1939 Gives a false picture of the post-Civil War South that is still widely accepted today ature=player_embedded# ature=player_embedded#
1960s Led a major shift in world culture, away from patriotism and heroics and towards tolerance, introspection and personal growth
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1980s-Now The modern blockbuster
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