Notes on the decline of the studio system

The Studio System – its decline and the institutes today

 

The businessmen of South California buy sets, director and stars when people realised money was coming in from the film industry. Before this here were no studios. It was very competitive and they did not show rival films.

 

In the Golden Age of Hollywood; there were five major studios:

MGM, Paramount, Fox, RKO and Warner Bros.

As well as three small ones:

Columbia, United Artists and Universal.

United Artists was owned by the actors, such as Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks.

 

Most scholars date the Golden Era of Hollywood between 1924-1957.

After this, American New Wave films became the property of independent film makers.