The document traces the history and evolution of cinema from its origins to modern Hollywood blockbusters. It begins with early films from the Lumière brothers and Georges Méliès in the late 19th century. American film studios like those in Hollywood then popularized cinema in the 1910s. Silent films of Charlie Chaplin and others followed. The Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s-40s produced classics like Citizen Kane. Major changes occurred in the 1950s-60s as seen in films like Rear Window. The 1970s brought New Hollywood films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey. Blockbuster franchises from the 1990s onward, including Titanic and Avatar, demonstrated cinema's lasting global impact and role in