The Paramount

Golden Age of Hollywood. But of course a system that gave the majority of the power to only a handful of top companies, wasn’t going to last long. The 1940s brought on the development of Television, low finances, and the Supreme Court decision on the Paramount Case. Although the 1940s through the 1960s brought on…

The major influencers of the 1940’s and 1950’s American film scene were the landmark anti-trust case with Paramount and the initiation of the Hollywood blacklist. Beginning in the run-up to World War II and lasting until the 1960’s these two elements shaped the persona of film in the United States. These two events caused the direction of Hollywood to favor independent filmmakers, reduce Hollywood’s influence on the motion picture distribution and presentation chain and removed qualified actors,…

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Erika L. Doss’ article “Images of American Women in the 1930s: Reginald Marsh and Paramount Picture” discusses the stark dissimilarity between the lives and characters of women in Hollywood films and American women struggling through the Great Depression. Reginald Marsh’s painting Paramount Picture illustrates the stark disparity between the depictions of women in movies and in real life during the Great Depression. The women in the films of the 1930s were portrayed as unattainably perfect women…

today as a time when Hollywood produced their films at their own studios. During this time film companies held the market for all films, held workers into contracts and monopolized the industry. During this time period eight studios; Columbia, MGM, Paramount, RKO, 20th Century Fox, United Artists, Universal and Warner Bros. produced 75 percent of the films made in the United States. Seven of the eight studios released an average of 45 films per year. The time in history was a “golden age” for…

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locatable and accessible across the school and even outside school grounds. Schools have below 49% of materials needed to provide authentic science lessons for students (Drury, 2013). Teachers participating in authentic activities is an integral and paramount part of the learning of science, but teachers feel that students are lacking in full experiences due to limited equipment and lack of access to quality resources (Buckingham, 2013). Experiments and practical work in science lessons are…

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to the biggest studios in Hollywood that made them (Classic Hollywood Central Editors, 2011). The ‘Big Five’ created the studio system to ensure they made the most profit. The ‘Big Five’ consisted of 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Paramount, Warner Bros., and RKO Radio. There were three smaller studios close behind: Universal, Columbia, and United Artists (the Little Three). One of the ways the ‘Big Five’ made a lot of profit was through block booking. Block booking was the…

The studio system in the Golden Age of Hollywood was a method of film production and distribution between the 1920’s and 60’s. Large motion picture studios wanted to maximize their profit and minimize the risks of going bankrupt. They turned to producing movies on their own film making lots and they were especially skillful in handling employees, and contracts. The use of long-term contracts was very effective in keeping costs lower than they otherwise would have been; and it helped studios…