<P> In 1893 , Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the United States when he constructed the Black Maria , a tarpaper - covered structure near his laboratories in West Orange , New Jersey , and asked circus , vaudeville , and dramatic actors to perform for the camera . He distributed these movies at vaudeville theaters , penny arcades , wax museums , and fairgrounds . The pioneering Thanhouser film studio was founded in New Rochelle , New York in 1909 by American theatrical impresario Edwin Thanhouser . The company produced and released 1,086 films between 1910 and 1917 , successfully distributing them around the world . The first film serial ever , The Million Dollar Mystery , was released by the Thanhouser company in 1914 . </P>
<P> In 1893 , Thomas Edison built the first movie studio in the United States when he constructed the Black Maria , a tarpaper - covered structure near his laboratories in West Orange , New Jersey , and asked circus , vaudeville , and dramatic actors to perform for the camera . He distributed these movies at vaudeville theaters , penny arcades , wax museums , and fairgrounds . The pioneering Thanhouser film studio was founded in New Rochelle , New York in 1909 by American theatrical impresario Edwin Thanhouser . The company produced and released 1,086 films between 1910 and 1917 , successfully distributing them around the world . The first film serial ever , The Million Dollar Mystery , was released by the Thanhouser company in 1914 . </P>
who built the first film studio in us
who built the first film studio in us
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison