Ask Dr. Universe: Why did people invent movies?

Dr-Universe-230PULLMAN, Wash. – Movies not only took the ideas and inventions of people, but also the work of a horse. Her name was Sallie Gardner and the debate of her day was whether or not horses ever had all four hooves off the ground during a gallop.

My friend Jon Hegglund is an English professor at Washington State University who studies movies and how people tell stories.

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