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Silent Era Timeline
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Catherine Quiba
Silent Era Timeline
1920
No bill failed to include a selection of cinema in Vaudeville.
1920
This year became the golden age of movie palaces. Roxy has built several palaces during this time period.
1914
1911
1909
1920
From 1907- 1911, a vitagraph had released over 50 films that were not narratives, but were based on literary, historical, or referred to the bible.
World War 1 had affected the major film producing countries. That included France, Germany, Britain, and Italy. However, since Germany was strict on having outside films let into the country, they advanced in there cinematic skills. When you see movies that they've produced, in a way, you can tell it was made in Germany because that was their, "style."
Griffith's movie, "The Drive For Life" was edited in a special way. Tom Gunning described the film's editing to be parallel. In some parts it would cut back and forth between the characters on screen.
The way filmmakers presented their motion pictures were in places such as amusement parks, Vaudeville, and Burlesque. These places later on became their origins starting in 1920.
1925
1908
1908
1910
1913
1915
In 1908, 96% of the films made at this time were narratives and that set the type of movies that should be made in the cinematic world.
Les Vampires was released. It was a French film that was made when France was starting to dominate in the film industry.
France started to dominate the
world of cinema and bring new
techniques to the film making
world.
A writer for Harpher's Magazine had noted that the audience was full of people that were ethnically, socially, and economically different. However, when everyone came together, this diverse crowd became one.
1908
1910
1913
Era of the movie palace had begun. The first palace that opened had a 2460 seat regent. These types of palaces given audiences a whole new experience for viewing cinema.
1915
In 1908, the film world was starting to be set and stone. A company was formed called the Motion Picture Patients Company (MPPC) that planned to control film making from the distribution of films to the exhibition.
26 million americans attended 10,000 nickelodeons were provided with a common entertainment program.
"The Birth of a Nation" was a popular movie that had 12 reels and was 3 hours long. The movie had impacted the audiences and described to be, 'spell bound.' Since the movie gained popularity, it ran for 44 weeks at the cost of $2. The story had been about characters of color in which it was about, "white politics."
1908
December of 1908, the mayor of New York City made an order to rid of all Nickelodeons. He believed that film was a, "threat to the city's physical and moral well-being."