Nov 27, 2025 · This article details the history of cinema, a popular form of mass media, from the 19th century to the present.

history of film, also called history of the motion picture , History of cinema from the 19th century to the present.

Nov 27, 2025 · History of film - Global Cinema, Art Form, Technology: World War II physically and economically devastated the film industries of the Soviet Union, Japan, and most European …

Nov 27, 2025 · History of film - Edison, Lumiere Bros, Cinematography: Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, and it quickly became the most popular home-entertainment device …

Nov 27, 2025 · History of film - US Cinema, Silent Era, Hollywood: In the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st century, the idea of “synergy” dominated the motion …

Nov 29, 2025 · A film is a series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light. Because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision, …

Nov 27, 2025 · History of film - Transition to the 21st century: The history of film in the last period of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st was shaped in part by new technologies and …

Nov 27, 2025 · History of film - Silent Era, Movies, Directors: Multiple-reel films had appeared in the United States as early as 1907, when Adolph Zukor distributed Pathé’s three-reel Passion …

Nov 27, 2025 · History of film - International Cinema, Art, Technology: Having created large new markets for their sound-recording technologies in the United States, Western Electric and RCA …

Nov 27, 2025 · History of film - Melies, Porter, Cinematography: The shift in consciousness away from films as animated photographs to films as stories, or narratives, began to take place …