"The Great Train Robbery" (1903) was written by Scott Marble and Edwin S. Porter. Directed by Edwin S. Porter. It was produced by Edison Manufacturing Company. Stars A.C. Abadie, Gilbert M. Anderson, George Barnes, Justus D. Barnes.
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The show was filmed in Southern California--mostly indoors. The train shots were filmed around Sonora, CA.
It was filmed in parts of Kanab, Utah as well as Paria Canyon in Kanab.
The first motion picture was The Horse In Motion(1878).
The Great Train Robbery - 1903 was released on: USA: 1 December 1903 Sweden: 8 May 1904 Japan: 2 June 2000 (American Short Shorts Film Festival) (re-release) Mexico: 4 May 2002 (Cineteca Nacional)
No, it is the first Western movie. made in 1902 "Oakwood Grange" by the French Louis Le Prince is considered as the first motion picture made in Leeds in 1888