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Read the paragraph. Edwin S. Porter, working for the inventor Thomas Edison, made the first movie to tell a story. Prior to this, movies were just a collection of
staged happenings such as trains arriving or a man walking his dog. Porter's movie, "Life of an American Fireman," was produced in 1903. It had a
character for the audience to worry about, a beginning, a middle, an end, and action scenes to help tell the story and hold the audience's attention
When other movie makers saw what could be done, it changed the movie industry.
What is the main idea?
01. Movies at first did not tell stories,
2. Thomas Edison was a great inventor.
3. "Life of an American Fireman" changed the movie industry.
04. The movie industry started in the early 1900s.

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