1900-1930
- Many Film makers and producers moves to Hollywood in search of a more consistent climate for round-the-year film shooting and, of course, to escape fees imposed by Tomas Edison, who owned many patents on the movie-making process.
2. Big stars from the silent era of Hollywood include, Charlie Chaplin and Lillian Gish.
Big Directos in the silent era of Hollywood include, Ivan Abramson and John G. Adolfi.
Influential Pictures of the Silent era in Hollywood incluede : The Gold Rush and The Covered Wagon.
3. During the ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood, the studios produced one film each per week per year, this could be compared to a production line.
4. The earliest feature-length movies with recorded sound included only music and effects. The first feature film originally presented as a talkie (although it had only limited sound sequences) was The Jazz Singer, which premiered on October 6, 1927.
5. Directors now could’nt direct actors on where to go and what to do, instead they replied heavily on the skill of an acotor and his or her inflection etc.
6. The great Depression and The Russian revolution.
