The Begining of Movies

This first blog of mine will be about movies, but not one specific movie. This is more of a general idea about how they started and how they have changed since the first movie was shown in the 1920's. As everyone knows the first movies were lacking sound which is now a necessity in every movie now. If there is no sound we think something is wrong, even if it's just for a few second there are some glances. The first movies were also in black and white. This i believe made movies alittle better. Don't get me wrong I love colors but sometimes things get lost in colors where it is almost too bright. Anyway back to the real topic, the first movie which was not for entertainment purposes like they are now. The first movie was one that was made by Eadweard Muybridge. It was not a rolling picture but a series of pictures that starred just a horse and a rider. The purpose of this film was to show everyone that when a horse runs it takes all four legs off the ground for one split second. The first motion picture was made in 1890 and was named the "Strongman Sandow". It showed a man flexing muscles. The first movie that was shown as a full length movie was called the "Great Train Robbery". It was first shown in 1903 and ran for 12 minutes. The first feature length movie was "The Story of the Kelly Gang". Their were four main actors in this movie, they were: Godfrey Cass, Nicholas Brierly, Elizabeth Tait and John Tait.

These were the original movie stars. From there they slowly evolved into the silent film in the '20's and in the same decade they came out with sound. Color was brought in at the very end of the 1940's. "Gone with the Wind" was the first one withcolor. "Wizard of Oz" was also made in color in the same year as Gone with the Wind. This was a big break in the movie world. The movie industry was just getting started and now it had sound and color. This Picture is of the famous actors that played in "Gone with the Wind".

Many of the Disney movies made their debute in the '40s '50s and '60s. The first one was "Pinocchio" shortly followed by "Bambi" in the '40s. "Cinderrella", "Peter Pan", "Sleeping Beauty" and "Lady and the Tramp" were all shown in the '50s. In the '60s "101 Dalmations", "Mary Poppins" and the "Jungle Book" all came to the big screen.

The movie industry just took off from there with movies such as "Grease", "Star Wars" and "Saturday Night Fever" being the big winners in the late '60s and early '70s. So many things come from movies now a days. People get true stories of heroes out and tragedies are often shown in the theaters now. It is a huge kind of entertainment today.