Science Fair Project Encyclopedia

Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Contents Page

List of years in film

(Redirected from List of 'years in film')

This page indexes the individual year in film pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

19th century in film
20th century in film:
- 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s
21st century in film:
- 2000s

19th century in film

See also: 19th century in film

1888 - The first credited film, Roundhay Garden Scene, is recorded.
1891
1892
1893
1894 - Thomas Edison records Fred Ott's Sneeze
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899 - Cinderella

1900s

See also: 1900s in film

1900
1901
1902 - A Trip to the Moon by George Méliès
1903 - The Great Train Robbery, by Edwin S. Porter
1904 - The Great Train Robbery, remake by Siegmund Lubin
1905 -
1906 - Ben-Hur, directed by Sidney Olcott. Also, The world's first feature film, "The Story of the Kelly Gang" released in Australia.
1907 -
1908 - Thomas Edison formed the Motion Picture Patents Company
1909 -

1910s

See also: 1910s in film

1910 - First filmed "Frankenstein" by Edison studios.
1911 - Nestor Films opens the first motion picture studio in Hollywood.
1912 - From the Manger To the Cross, directed by Sidney Olcott
1913 - The first Charlie Chaplin movies are made.
1914 - Tillie's Punctured Romance produced by Mack Sennett, stars Marie Dressler, Charlie Chaplin, and Mabel Normand.
1915 - The Country Girl, starring Florence LaBadie. The first great epic of American film, The Birth of a Nation is produced by D. W. Griffith.
1916 - D. W. Griffith's second monumental production, Intolerance is released.
1917 - Technicolor is introduced
1918 - "My Four Years in Germany " is the first Warner Brothers production. First National releases the first Tarzan film, starring Elmo Lincoln .
1919 - United Artists is founded by Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and D. W. Griffith.

1920s

See also: 1920s in film

1920 - Buster Keaton begins starring in shorts and his first feature, "The Saphead " at Metro. Erich Von Stroheim's "The Devil's Passkey " stars Mae Busch at Goldwyn.
1921 - Laurel and Hardy's first film together is "A Lucky Dog ".
1922 - Nosferatu, first ever vampire film released. Also, "Our Gang" series begins at Hal Roach studios.
1923 - Harold Lloyd's greatest movie "Safety Last" produced by Hal Roach, released by Pathe.
1924 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio established.
1925 - Lon Chaney's greatest film, The Phantom of the Opera is released by Universal with colour sequences. Eric Von Stroheim 's magnum opus, Greed.
1926 - First Vitaphone feature, "Don Juan" starring John Barrymore, released by Warner Brothers. Posthumously released, "The Son Of the Shiek " is Rudolph Valentino's biggest grossing film.
1927 - Al Jolson movie The Jazz Singer popularizes sound motion pictures. First talkie newsreel,"Fox Movietone News ".
1928 - First talkie cartoon,"Dinner Time " is produced by VanBuren Studios, the second talkie cartoon, "Steamboat Willie" by Walt Disney is released a month later.
1929 - The first Academy Awards, or Oscars, are distributed. Also, Laurel & Hardy make their talkie debut in "Unaccustomed As we are " co-starring Thelma Todd at Hal Roach Studios. Rko-Radio studio is established.

1930s

See also: 1930s in film

1930 - The first Busby Berkely musical film, "Whoopee" starring Eddie Cantor, is released by Goldwyn in colour. Also, Max Fleischer's animated star "Betty Boop" debuts.
1931 - Laurel & Hardy's first feature, "Pardon Us " is released by MGM.
1932 - Shirley Temple's film career begins
1933 - Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees premieres, the first film produced in the three-strip Technicolor process. The film Ecstacy , which shows simulated sex, shocks audiences. Also, First Popeye cartoon, "Popeye the Sailor" debuts.
1934 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum . The first Columbia Three Stooges short is released. Shirley Temple becomes a star. The so-called 'pre-code' era ends when the Production Code is amended to require all films to obtain a certificate of approval. The code is effectively enforced for the first time with the removal of nude scenes from the movie Tarzan and his Mate.
1935 - Laurel & Hardy's last short subject, "Thicker Than water ". The first feature-length motion picture in three-strip Technicolor, RKO's Becky Sharp.
1936 - Thelma Todd's final short subject "An All-American Toothache " co-starring Patsy Kelly and Mickey Daniels.
1937 - Snow White, first feature-length animated movie
1938 - Casting begins on The Wizard of Oz
1939 - Gone With the Wind premiers in Atlanta

1940s

See also: 1940s in film

1940 - Columbia releases Charley Chase's last film, "South of the Boudoir "
1941 - Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles, premieres
1942 - Bambi released. Casablanca, starring Humprey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, released.
1943 - Lassie Come Home introduces Lassie.
1944 - Last Our Gang shorts, produced by MGM.
1945 - National Velvet brings Elizabeth Taylor to prominence
1946 - Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life premieres
1947 - Miracle on 34th Street
1948 - Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman, Edgar Kennedy 's final short for RKO.
1949 - Sands of Iwo Jima, directed by Allan Dwan

1950s

See also: 1950s in film

1950 - Disney's Cinderella. Also, Laurel & Hardy's final film, "Atoll K " is made in Europe.
1951 - An American in Paris
1952 - Cinerama-system is introduced
1953 - Disney's Peter Pan
1954 - On the Waterfront, A Star Is Born and Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window
1955 - East of Eden, starring James Dean
1956 - The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston
1957 - Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley
1958 - Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo- Edward Dmytryk's The Young Lions
1959 - Ben-Hur premieres

1960s

See also: 1960s in film

1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
1961 - West Side Story premieres
1962 - Lawrence of Arabia and To Kill a Mockingbird premiere
1963 - Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds
1964 - The Beatles star in A Hard Day's Night
1965 - The Sound of Music premieres
1966 - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 - The Graduate
1968 - Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
1969 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1970s

See also: 1970s in film

1970 - Patton and M*A*S*H are released
1971 - The French Connection premieres
1972 - The Godfather premieres
1973 - The Sting and The Exorcist are released
1974 - Jesus Christ Superstar
1975 - Steven Spielberg's Jaws is released
1976 - Rocky premieres
1977 - George Lucas' science fiction film Star Wars is released and The Bee Gees sing in Saturday Night Fever
1978 - National Lampoon's Animal House
1979 - Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now

1980s

See also: 1980s in film

1980 - The first Caddyshack is released
1981 - The George Lucas/Steven Spielberg collaboration, Raiders of the Lost Ark, premieres
1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial premieres
1983 - The Big Chill and The Right Stuff are released
1984 - Ghost Busters and Amadeus are released
1985 - Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple premieres
1986 - Fatal Attraction premieres
1987 - Three Men and a Baby is released
1988 - Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise
1989 - Batman, directed by Tim Burton

1990s

See also: 1990s in film

1990 - The first Home Alone is released
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs is released
1992 - The second Home Alone is released
1993 - Schindler's List and Jurassic Park are released
1994 - Tom Hanks stars in Forrest Gump; The Lion King becomes the highest grossing animated film of all-time, (record held until 2003).
1995 - Mel Gibson directs and stars in Braveheart
1996 - Fargo is released
1997 - Titanic, As Good As It Gets and Men in Black are released
1998 - Tom Hanks stars in Saving Private Ryan
1999 - The Sixth Sense (directed by M. Night Shyamalan), Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace and The Matrix are released

2000s

See also: 2000s in film

2000 - Gladiator and O Brother, Where Art Thou? are released
2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring are released
2002 - Frida, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Men in Black II are released
2003 - Finding Nemo and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King are released; Finding Nemo overtakes The Lion King as highest grossing animated film of all time.
2004 - Shrek 2 breaks records for animated movies, Alfonso Cuarón, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Mel Gibson, The Passion of the Christ; Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 9/11
2005 - films scheduled to be released in 2005
2006 - films scheduled to be released in 2006
2007 - films scheduled to be released in 2007

External link

Categories: Timelines | Years in film

Last updated: 08-17-2005 13:41:59