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American Cinema in 1913
Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops make their screen debut in 1913, and Lois Weber directs Suspense while Traffic in Souls cashes in on public fears of the white slave trade.
Sam Kaufman in Lois Weber's Suspense (1913)
Key developments
1913 marks the emergence of the classical Hollywood Cinema era style paving the way for feature-length productions.
Cecil B. DeMille starts filming The Squaw Man (1914), Hollywood's first feature.
The opening of the Regent Theatre in New York heralds the end of the nickelodeon.
Key films
People who made their mark
Active studios
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