Movies were invented in 1888 by William Dixon, who worked for Thomas Ediso. He was the first person to take motion pictures. His motion pictures captured both sight and sound, by taking not just one picture but many pictures each second to provide the video. However, Dixon's invention could not easily be played back, and could not be played on a large screen for an audience. It required a carousel.
However, the 1891 invention of flexible film, which allowed film to be put on a reel, played, and projected, fixed this problem. The Lumiere brothers were the ones to figure out how to project these flexible film reels onto white screens, in 1895.
It wasn't until 1922 that Fox Studios managed to figure out how to project film and sound in sync. This allowed for movies with sound--known as "talkies", at the time. 1927 introduced the most popular talkie, called The Jazz Singer.
Movies, especially the talkies, grew incredibly popular. By 1930, there were over nine thousand theatres with sound. Already, silent films were becoming a thing of the past.
Movies in general made a large impact on media. People had never seen anything like it, even when it was just black and white. The idea of moving pictures was astounding and all new.
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