Ford's Model T released
Electric iron and toaster is patented
Hodkinson
forms Paramount
studios
Nordisk Film establishes Great Northern Film
Company in New York
First aerial film made by Pathe
Camille Saint-Saens' score for French film
L'Assassination du Duc de Guise is first film music by major
composer
Edison
forms Association of Edison Licensees (AEL) in unsuccessful
attempt to control competition
Charles Pathe & Edmond Benoit-Levy found
Omnia cinema chain in France
100 cinemas in Paris, 25% owned by Pathe
D.
W. Griffith directs first film, the
Adventures of Dollie, at Biograph
Balaban brothers open nickelodeon in Chicago
8,000 nickelodeons operating in the US
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