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The studio system consisted of a small number of major studios (Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox and RKO) during the first decade of the 20th Century. The studio system, according to Barsham and Monahan 5th Edition the classical Hollywood studio system the actors’ box office appeal depended on their ability to project a screen image that audiences would love and aspire to look like. These actors were then signed to a studio which allowed them the opportunity to have…

Exam- Question 1 During the mid to late 1950s, television networks and major film studios were not willing to work one another. There were a number of reasons why these corporations. One early problem for the motion pictures studios attempt to sell films to television was their issue with exhibitioners. Exhibitioners threatened they would boycott studios who sold features to television or studios who moved to telefilm. They were forced to take the threats seriously because the exhibitioner’s…

A movie entitled The Godfather is chosen as object in this analysis. Don Corleone as one of main character chosen as source data. Regarding utterance from Don Corleone this movie presents a numbered of presupposition in various context. Then relation between presupposition and context obtains a certain meaning of an utterance. As considering, statement from Stalnaker who said that context influences content, while content can creates a context because sometimes word that say has a function not…

This is the facts to Marder v Paramount, Sony and Lopez case. Maureen Marder life story is written to create a Flashdance movie. Marder accept the payment of $2,300 from Paramount Pictures Corporation by signing the general release contract, which means that she releases or allow and terminate all her legal rights about the movie Flashdance, even direct or indirect connection. Then suddenly, the movie made more than $150 million box office hit and continued showing on television and created it…

When a city is designed for the people to move around and enjoy their surroundings, it is considered a walkable city. I live in Paramount, California where only some parts of this city could be considered walkable. From where I live, there are no public services i can reach by walking and feeling comfortable. However, there are some places where public services are close enough for you to walk to comfortably and easily. The reasons why it may not be walkable is the size of the sidewalks; the…

The Paramount decision and the Hollywood blacklist took place during the time of the Golden Age of Hollywood and are often viewed as the fall of the studio system. During this time, studios had almost complete control over the entire film industry. They had total jurisdiction over all of the different aspects of filmmaking beginning with the development, all the way until the release of films. A great number of the biggest theaters were owned and run by the studios during this time. As for any…

released. The most prominent of these studios, known as “The Big Five,” consisted of Paramount Pictures, RKO, Warner Brothers, Fox, and Loew’s Incorporated. Again, during that time, they controlled the development, production, and distribution of films which lead to the studio system. The Paramount decision, stemming from the United States Supreme Court Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948 (United States vs. Paramount Pictures), defined how studios could no longer hold financial interests or own…

messages to people on a different level. With that being said, the government has had a hand in controlling how the industry goes about conducting it’s business and how it goes about relaying it’s messages. Two such examples are The United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948) and The Hollywood Blacklist. In the mid nineteen forties, which was also the golden age of Hollywood,…

How did the Paramount Decision alter the direction of film making? United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., also known as the Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948, greatly altered the future of filmmaking in several ways. This ruling was the result of all of the major studios being sued by the United States Department of Justice in 1938 for unfair trade practices. As the result of this ruling, the major movie studios were forced to do away with block-booking of short films, reduce the…

Acting is an art form that allows an individual to pretend to be something they’re not and an actor is someone who withholds this awe-inspiring power. It’s as if they have the capability to step into another person’s shoes, live their life, and face little to no consequences when doing so. Twenty-eight years ago, Eddie Murphy released his ambitious and now beloved comedy, Coming to America. Coming to America follows Prince Akeem and Semmi’s journey to the unfamiliar place of Queens, New York…