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This Legendary Boxer Was the First Ever Movie Star
James J. Corbett was the first movie star, transitioning from boxing to the silver screen thanks to Thomas Edison. Corbett's fight with Peter Courtney led to the first widely seen film, Corbett ...
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Annie Oakley: Little Sureshot
In 1894, the famous gunslinger, Annie Oakley came to Edison’s Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Edison wanted to see if his kinetograph — a primitive version of a movie ...