Return to Adherents.com's Guide to Movies < Return to Famous Episcopalians Hannibal Goodwin, an important figure in the development of the technology used to create motion pictures, was an Episcopalian minister.From: Scott Wise, The Film 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential People in the History of the Movies, Citadel Press Book/Carol Publishing Group: Secaucus, New Jersey (1998), pages 4-5: Dickson immediately created several key alliances that would help him proceed.
Date of Birth 7 January 1873, Ricse, Austria-Hungary. [now in Hungary] Date of Death 10 June 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA Height 5' (1.52 m) Mini Biography Adolph Zukor's success began with penny arcades, offering moving peepshows that evolved into nickelodeon theaters that offered longer, larger moving pictures.
Date of Birth Date of Death 21 January 1938, Paris, France Birth Name Marie Georges Jean Méliès Mini Biography Georges Melies, a professional magician by training, first saw the new "moving pictures" in 1895. Little over a year later, Melies was filming and projecting his own creations.
Movies developed gradually from a carnival novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the 20th century. Motion picture films have had a substantial impact on the arts, technology, and politics. This is a great resource for people in history
Talks about all the inventions and the milestones achieved by Hollywood from the beggening to present. Information includes pictures besides the article. THIS LINK IS VERY VALUEABLE
1875 at Palo Alto, California, Le Prince saw a series of photographs taken by Eadweard Muybridge, and he was attracted to the idea of producing a series of photographs motion pictures.
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