34 Bits of Hollywood History That Were Nearly Lost to Time

Here’s to almost a century of cursing on film!

Everything that we know about filmmaking today obviously had to start somewhere. From the first motion picture in 1885 to the first full-frontal nude scene in 1916 (wow, we’re surprised it took that long), a lot has happened on and around a camera. Whether they happened way before or way later that you thought they would, here are some historical firsts in film. Call your bookie and take some over/unders.

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The First Full Frontal Nudity in Movies

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The First Copyrighted Motion Picture

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Martial Arts in Cinema

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Associations for Stuntwomen and Black Stuntmen

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The Grandfather of the Green Screen

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Curse Words in Film

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The Manchurian Candidate

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The First On-Screen Interracial Kiss

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The First PG-13 Rating

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