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| | All film studios, hollywood film studios, major film studios |
 | | 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. |
 | | The first movie studio in the Hollywood area was Nestor Studios, opened in 1911 by Al Christie for David Horsley. |
 | | The major film studios, often simply known as the majors, are film studios (mostly United States-based) that produce many multiple films per year. |
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