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  Film
     
1900
 
    
Australia's Salvation Army produces an ambitious presentation of film and slides in Soldiers of the Cross       
1902
 
   
Charles Pathé develops film facilities capable of mass production, in Vincennes near Paris      
1902
 
    
French film pioneer Georges Méliès uses trick effects for his film Journey to the Moon       
1903
 
     
Edwin S. Porter directs The Great Train Robbery, providing a big commercial success for Thomas Edison's film company        
1906
 
   
Charles Pathé opens the first purpose-built luxury cinema, the Omnia-Pathé, in Paris      
1906
 
     
Humorous Phases of Funny Faces, created by New Yorker J. Stuart Blackton, introduces the concept of the animated cartoon        
1906
 
    
The Story of the Kelly Gang, produced in Australia, is the first feature-length film, with a running time of nearly an hour       
1908
 
    
The Polyscope Film Company releases the first horror movie, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, filmed from a popular stage production       
1909
 
    
Mary Pickford begins her film career at sixteen, when she is hired by D.W. Griffith       
1909
 
   
The Selig Polyscope Company sets up the first film studio in the Los Angeles region, at Edendale