First-timers in cinema history - 6

What led to the dynamic pictures we digitally watch today on the silver screen was a breakthrough every step of the way. ifilm invites you to join a walkthrough of those events, in chronological order.

Having covered some major events till 1895, here’s another historical period.

1896

Edisonia Hall, world’s the first known dedicated, purpose-built motion picture theater was opened to the public.

1896

Alice Guy-Blache, the first woman to produce a movie released her first narrative fiction film. She was unrivalled for about a decade, with no other female director competing.

1899

For the first time, object manipulation and stop-motion animation were utilized in a death scene in the short film ‘King John’.

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