10 MOVIE FIRSTS AND THE DATE:

10 MOVIE FIRSTS AND THE DATE:

FIRST MOTION PICTURE CAMERA. 1889. The kinetograph was commissioned by Thomas Edison and built by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson.

FIRST MOVIE. 1903. "The Great Train Robbery." A 12-minute short. It was a Western filmed in New Jersey.

FIRST MOVIE THEATER. 1905. The Nickelodeon, located at 441 Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh.

FIRST FEATURE-LENGTH FILM. 1911. Two reels of D.W. Griffith's "Enoch Arden" were shown together making it the first feature-length film.

FIRST X-RATED MOVIE. 1968. "Greetings" directed by Brian DePalma. Also Robert De Niro's first movie.

FIRST (AND ONLY) X-RATED MOVIE TO WIN AN OSCAR. 1969. "Midnight Cowboy," directed by John Schlesinger. (It has now been upgraded to R).

FIRST COMPUTER-ANIMATED FEATURE FILM. 1995. "Toy Story."  The first cartoon to be drawn entirely by computer.

FIRST MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT. 1921. Comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

FIRST TALKIE. 1927. "The Jazz Singer" with Al Jolson. It was only partially a talkie but my how it changed the industry.

FIRST ACADEMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FILM. 1927."Wings." Also the only silent film to win the Oscar. Directed by William Wellman and starred Gary Cooper.