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Why is the film great train robbery so short?

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How long was the first film?

The first film, The Great Train Robbery, was twelve minutes long.


What was revolutionary about the 1903 film The Great Train Robbery?

It's one of the first "narrative" movies.


Directed by Edwin Porter The Great Train Robbery was a 1903 landmark in American cinema What kind of film was this?

A western.


How long is the great train robbery film?

110 minutes - according to the film statistics shown below the poster, on the right of the screen in the related link.


What is the oldest true movie?

"The Great Train Robbery" (1903) It is the first film with a narrative story that goes from beginning to end.


What was the first fictional film about?

If you are asking about the first movie made. It was called the Great Train Robbery and was about bandits holding up a train. It wasn't very long and in black and white.


Who made the silent movie The Great Train Robbery?

The 1903 silent film "The Great Train Robbery" was produced, directed, and written by Edwin S. Porter, along with the author of the 1896 stage play, Scott Marble. The 12-minute one-reel film is considered the first American action movie, and the first American "Western" movie.


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What year did movies start to have plots as opposed to just filming events?

The first modern style film with a plot was "The Great Train Robbery" (1903).


What was the first-ever crime story told on film?

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What was the first movie ever made and who played the roles?

The first short was "Strongman Sandow" in 1890, if you discount the 1877 series of pictures showing a horse galloping. The first short with a story line is "The Great Train Robbery", and the first feature length film was "The Story of the Kelly Gang." The actors are Godfrey Cass, Nicholas Brierley, Elizabeth Tait,and John Tait. The first full feature color movie was "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" which made it's debut in 1914. In this film the actor who played the Devil is H. Agar Lyons.


When was the first ever film made?

1903, it's called "The Great Train Robbery".