📚 Film
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The Hollywood Golden Age runs from the late 1920s to the late 1950s.
Key features:
This era shapes how movies are written, filmed, and sold, creating many rules that still guide filmmaking today.
In 1927, The Jazz Singer introduces synchronized sound.
Effects:
Studios invest heavily in sound stages, microphones, and new training for actors and directors.
The film industry is dominated by:
1. MGM
2. Paramount
3. Warner Bros.
4. 20th Century-Fox
5. RKO
They control:
The studios use vertical integration:
Result:
This powerful system will later face legal challenges.
In the early 1930s, scandals and “immoral” films cause public concern.
Studios adopt the Hays Code, a set of moral rules:
It deeply shapes what can be shown on screen.
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