# First Movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-movie/221662>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 30, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-movie/221662 "2003-12-30T01:01:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Buffy\_the\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Buffy\_the\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buffy_the_Cheese)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-movie/221662/1 "2003-12-30T01:01:42Z")

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What was the first movie ever made?  
And shown in a theater, that is.

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**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-movie/221662/2 "2003-12-30T04:04:33Z")

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Not sure but I think it was **The Bare Wench Project**  
Cutting edge stuff for it’s time.

sorry felt like being silly. 😃

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-movie/221662/3 "2003-12-30T05:42:44Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109180&highlight=oldest+film](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109180&highlight=oldest+film)

I haven’t read it all, but this old thread may help.

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**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-movie/221662/4 "2003-12-30T06:36:14Z")

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Didn’t Edison catch his assistant sneezing on the kinetiscope?

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**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-movie/221662/5 "2003-12-30T06:37:33Z")

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Wow, that came out poorly.

I think (and the previously linked to thread could totally prove me wrong) that the first film was called The Sneeze and it’s just a kinetiscope flick of Edison’s assistant sneezing.