COMM 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Studio System, Adolph Zukor, Block Booking
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The strength of america is in the kind of people who can plant a seed, sow the grass. I wanted to glorify the average man, not the guy at the top, not the politician, not the banker, just the ordinary guy whose strength i admire, whose survivability i admire. - frank capra. Moved to la at 6, naturalized citizen in 1920 after being in the army. Was a chemical engineer by training at cal tech. Began in silent lms and then worked for mack sennet before moving to columbia. Pictures, where he remained for 11 years and 25 lms. Studio system in golden age of hollywood 1930s. Golden age of hollywood system is usually considered the era from the introduction of sound until court cases that broke up the system. Paramount and mgm were the dominant studios, with stables of actor and directors.
