when was the first one released?
1896.
Edison Studios
Some of the studio's notable productions include "The Kiss" (1896); 
what is kinetoscope? An early motion picture exhibition device. who invented it? William Kennedy Laurie Dickson. how does it work? It creates an illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter. what was the first motion picture viewed by the public? Blacksmith Scene. who directed it? Dickson. what is the theme? UNANSWERABLE who produced it? Edison Manufacturing Company. can you name few other movies produced by them? The Kiss and The Great Train Robbery.
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Edison Studios [SEP] Notable productions
Some of the studio's notable productions include "The Kiss" (1896); "The Great Train Robbery" (1903); "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (1910); "Frankenstein" (1910), the first film adaptation of the novel; "The Battle of Trafalgar" (1911); "What Happened to Mary" (1912), one of the earliest film serials; and "The Land Beyond the Sunset" (1912), which film historian William K. Everson described as "the screen's first genuinely lyrical film". The company also produced a number of short "Kinetophone" sound films in 1913–1914 using a sophisticated acoustical recording system capable of picking up sound from 30 feet away. The studio also released a number of Raoul Barré cartoon films in 1915.