Cinema of the United States

Table of contents

1 Significant people during the earliest era of film history (1872-1903) 2 Significant people during the beginnings of Hollywood (1912-1925) 3 Classic Hollywood Era (1930-1945) 4 Others 5 See also 6 External links

Significant people during the earliest era of film history (1872-1903)

• Eadweard Muybridge
• Thomas Edison
• William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
• George Eastman
• Edwin Porter

Significant people during the beginnings of Hollywood (1912-1925)

• Theda Bara
• Charlie Chaplin
• Douglas Fairbanks
• Robert J. Flaherty
• D. W. Griffith
• Thomas Harper Ince
• Mary Pickford
• Mack Sennett
• Gloria Swanson

Classic Hollywood Era (1930-1945)

• IMR

• Frank Capra
• John Ford
• John Grierson
• Howard Hawks
• Preston Sturges
• Orson Welles

• Bing Crosby
• Clark Gable
• Cary Grant
• Edward G. Robinson
• Mickey Rooney

• Katherine Hepburn
• Carole Lombard
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Shirley Temple

Others

• Walt Disney

See also

• MPPC
• Independents
• Fox Film Corporation
• Paramount Pictures
• Film history
• Cinema in other countries

• History of Hollywood's Aerial Cinematography