The Fantastic Ages of Hollywood

Posted by Georgy | 3/13/2012

By Karri Owens


Based on many experts and people the golden era of Hollywood was during 1930's and 1940's once the industry was thriving. But many experts agree that although 30's created the commercial success however the actual golden age from artistic point of view began in 1920s itself if it drew talent from all around the globe. Before this period Hollywood was only like any other film making locations however it was after First World War it created a niche for itself in the world. The obvious reason was the magnitude of injury the European countries suffered in the World War and subsequent economic hardships faced by them thus affecting the film industry. Prior to the advent of Hollywood as a top destination Germany was the most used destination known for its artistic excellence. America taken advantage of the fact that it suffered relatively less casualties and loss in property compared to European Nations.

The widely used names during the Golden Era were Clark Cable, Bette Davis, Charlie Chaplin, Bing Crosby, Spencer Tracy, Bob Hope, Ingrid, Judy Garland, Bergman, James Cagney, Jennifer Jones, Ronald Reagan, Elizabeth Taylor and Cary Gran, the list is endless. These actors became the house hold names through the entire country in 1930's and 1940's. The film industry with this era was so wealthy and powerful that studios like Paramount, MGM, Universal, Twentieth century Fox and RKO kept adding more buildings on their studios. More than 7,000 films were released by these studios over 1930's and 1940's. More than 75 million people flocked to determine at least one film in a week throughout the peak years of Hollywood.

Also during this era the nation saw threats as a result of Second World War. When soon this threat changed into reality the presidents of these studios took this being an opportunity to make films that might bond countrymen together during these tough and dreadful years. They made many patriotic movies involving actors like Betty Grable and Van Johnson. These movies in such a way also helped the war efforts. Independent of the movies there were numerous short films and documentaries made.

A few of the famous movies of the golden era include Memphis Belle: An account of a Flying Fortress directed by William Wyler, Howard Hawks directed movies Sergeant York, To get and Have Not. The commonality of all the movies of golden era was that almost all the movies ended on a happy note and patriotic ardor, that has been liked by the people also. The films made during the 1940's are referred to as "film noir" which in the literary context means "dark films". The movies were mostly pessimistic with tough male protagonist who had been also a cynic and female protagonist will be attractive woman leading the males to your disastrous situation. Few examples of the Film Noir are Stranger on the Third Floor directed by Boris Ingster, High Sierra directed by Raoul Walsh, Shadow of an Doubt directed by Alfred Hitchcock and The Maltese Falcon directed by John Huston.

The comedies were also popular in that era, the main feature with the comedies were duos forming during this period. Many of the famous duos of actors were Bob Hope and Bing Crosby famous for movie Road to Singapore, Abbott and Costello, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The films that portrayed the lives of the westerns during the era were also liked by the people some of the examples being Fort Apache and she or he wore a Yellow Ribbon. But as soon as these movies were released the undoing of the Hollywood has already begun due to effects of the war, depression and arrival of television and then be not able to recover again.




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