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    Hollywood: The Golden Years

    1961 · Documentary · 53m

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  1. Hollywood: The Golden Years: Directed by David L. Wolper. With Gene Kelly, D.W. Griffith, Renée Adorée, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. Host Gene Kelly takes a nostalgic look at silent films from their earliest beginnings to the introduction of sound with "The Jazz Singer."

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    • Gene Kelly, D.W. Griffith, Renée Adorée
    • David L. Wolper
  2. Hollywood: The Golden Years Traces the growth of the motion picture industry from nickelodeon days to the advent of sound. Features such stars as Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino, and Greta Garbo, and points out the important contributions of directors such as D.W. Griffith.

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    • When Did The Golden Age of Hollywood Happen?
    • The “Big Five” Major Studios of The Golden Age
    • The “Little Three” Studios of The Golden Age
    • What Caused The Decline of The Golden Age of Hollywood?
    • The Legacy of The Golden Age of Hollywood

    There isn’t a definitive starting year to the Golden Age of Hollywood. Some scholars credit 1915’s The Birth of a Nationas one of the earliest films of the period, but the true mass appeal of cinema and non-stop release of films didn’t happen until the 1920s and 1930s. A considerable proponent that kicked off the success of cinema actually came fro...

    Most of Hollywood of the 1930s through the end of the Golden Age was ruled by five studios, Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), RKO, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., and Paramount Pictures. What set these five apart from other smaller studios like Universal, United Artists, and Columbia was the fact that the five major studios owned the entire cinematic pipe...

    There were undoubtedly other big studios in the game, but not all had the power of the major five. Primarily Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and United Artists were not as vertically integrated with control over the entire pipeline. Each owned a smaller number of theaters or had limited access to studios. They often partner with other studio...

    As for the end of the Golden Age, again, film scholars are torn on a definite year. Some claim the 1948 breakup of studios, but the traditions and scope of production lasted well into the 1960s. Perhaps the biggest killer of the Golden Age of Hollywood was the beginning of the Golden Age of Television which was around 1947 through the 1960s. Genera...

    Perhaps aside from the original creation of the motion picture camera and the digital revolution the film industry continues to go through now, most major technological advances, achievement, and experiments were conducted during the Golden Age of Cinema. Here are just a few things the Golden Age of Hollywood is responsible for: 1. Synchronous Soun...

  3. Hollywood: The Golden Years. 1961 · 53 min. TV-14. Documentary. Take a nostalgic trip through film history with host Gene Kelly, from the earliest days of motion ...

    • David L. Wolper
    • January 1, 1961
    • 53 min
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  6. Movie Info. A nostalgic trip through film history with host Gene Kelly, from the earliest days of motion pictures, to the game-changing arrival of sound. Genre: Documentary. Original Language:...

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  7. May 20, 2008 · Hollywood, The Golden Years. Tony Thomas (Actor), Silver Mine Video (Director) Rated: Unrated. Format: DVD. $1599. Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime. FREE Returns. DVD.

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