Hollywood Summary Group A

History of Movie Production

Thomas Edison, an American inventor, worked with a British inventor William Dickson and together they invented the kinetoscope, patented in 1891, which showed films. People watched first movie by using kinetoscope in 1894 in New York City. During 1894 kinetoscope was used in London, Berlin, and Paris. Edison thought he would make a lot of money with the kinetoscope. Other inventors, the Lumiere brothers, invented the cinematographe in 1895. Their invention was different from the kinetoscope because many people were able to watch a movie at the same time. People weren't used to seeing moving pictures, and these made them scared. Thomas Armat patented a projector in 1896. Edison acquired it and renamed it the "Edison vitascope." The projector made lots of money and controlled movies.