The Studio System

Hollywood's Golden Age was built on a particular set of conditions. Studios owned the entire chain of production, distribution, and exhibition; and what they couldn't own, they used their influence to control. The dream factory made miracles, but it had a terrible appetite. Why are B-movies emulated, when their original purpose was to provide cheap thrills and fill holes in the schedule? What is the real price of stardom? What happens when you make art, and sell it like hog feed?

Links!

• Supreme Court decision in United States v. Paramount Pictures Inc
• Hollywood Renegades Archive, a site anout the SIMPP
• HollywoodsGoldenAge.com
• Shush Ninjas Movie Montage; We Bare Bears

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