- for a climate that advantages film makers (consistency). fees were cheaper
- Charlie Chaplin, Wallace Reid (actors) Louis and Auguste Lumiere (filmmakers) Battleship Potemkin, The passion of Joan of arc (pictures)
- Because a small selection of big companies such as Warner Bros. and Paramount controlled all aspects of filmmaking. known as vertical intergration. all revenue went to them.
- The Jazz Singer (1927)
- Directors had to rely on the actors to know what they were doing as directors couldn’t direct as actors were performing. Accents may also not fit the persona of the character the actor was playing too.
- The great depression causing mass of unemployment, debt and business failure.
