motion picture

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"She actually looked at a motion picture and went, 'I get it! He's going to be the villain and they're going to do this'," he recalled.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The first facility being built with the construction incentive program is called 1888 Studios, named for the year Edison filed his patent for the motion picture camera.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

To display his photographs in rapid succession, Muybridge invented a device that birthed the motion picture.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

The film also earned a Producers Guild Award for outstanding animated theatrical motion picture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

She was Montana Wildhack, a motion picture star.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut