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American Cinema in 1910
1910 sees Charles Ogle play the screen's first Frankenstein's monster, D. W. Griffith direct the first movie made in Hollywood and Florence Lawrence become America's first movie star.
J. Searle Dawley's Frankenstein (1910)
Key developments
The MPPC seeks to control all aspects of filmmaking, distribution and exhibition.
Florence Lawrence becomes America's first movie star after leaving Biograph for IMP.
D.W. Griffith makes In Old California, the first film made in Hollywood.
Key films
People who made their mark
Active studios
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