America discovered amusements after the Chicago World's Fair and Coney, and thanks to that, George Hale devised a amusement ride that involved stationary train cars and travel movies.

Once the price for buying movies increased, the film exchanges became a very important reason why the movie market continued to expand.

Chase movies become a genre in themselves thanks to the success of the movie Personal.

William Selig was one of Chicago's major filmmakers and he now enters into the story of the movies.

This episode is about America's first great movie, as we look at the events that led to it, the paly it was based on, how the movie was made, and the influence it had at that time.

Charles Pathé starts a phonograph and movie company with his brothers. With the help of Incorporation, Pathé Freres becomes a powerful company in Europe, and then invades the American market, leaving the Edison Company to try adn figure out how to deal with this laterst competitor.

At the beginning of the 20th century, simple comedies, many of them inspired by other sources, became a popular movie trend. On this episode, we'll take a look at some of them.

George Méliès released A TRIP TO THE MOON (Le Voyage dans La Lune), so lets take a look at the movie and it's history.