The Golden Era: Factors which shaped the Hollywood System between 1930 and 1950. With this essay I aim to highlight the factors which shaped the Hollywood system between the years 1930 to 1950. ... The coming of sound in 1927, and the knawing effects of the Great Depression of 1929, threw the American film industry into a slump, which, had it not been for the financial backing of wealthy New York banks, and the intervention of President Roosevelt, may well have sunk, or, at least, seriously set back the industry irretrievably. ... With attendance's falling as a result of the depr...

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The movie theater was opened in Pittsburgh in June of 1905 showing The Great Train Robbery. ... The movie was a great hit, but it was also an upsetting time for the Warners when their brother, Sam died of cerebral hemorrhage on October 5, the day before their movie premiered. ... The 1930's and 1940's have been described as "The Golden Age of Motion Pictures". ... Out of the majors in Hollywood, MGM and Warners were the only studios that did not go bankrupt because of the Great Depression of 1933. Paramount, Fox, and RKO however, had no trouble recuperating after the depression. ...

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