Hollywood History
May 2010
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Foreword
1. The beginning of Hollywood
2. The name ”Hollywood”
3. The movie of S. Porter - “the father of the Story Film”
4. The Hollywood sign
5. The growing film industry
6. The new Hollywood
7. The beginning of the Academy Awards
8. The Golden Age of Hollywood
9. Hollywood during the War Years
10. Stars
Conclusion
Bibliography
Foreword
I have always been fascinated by the Hollywood’s world, a world of mixture between reality and glittering fantasy, of beauty, glamour, art, a world in which any dream can come to reality.
The word Hollywood conjures the outstanding images of Sunset Strip, Hollywood Boulevard, Cahuenga Boulevard, La Brea Avenue, of nightclubs, movie palaces, special effects, extraordinary people – stars of the gaudiest illumination, Hollywood being often referred to as a “state of mind”.
Hollywood is a segment of Los Angeles, California, USA. Here, almost a century ago, the American Dream burst bigger than anything, giving birth to a new world, the movie industry. Of course, movies were, and still are, made in different locations, some nearby, and some far away. But nowhere and nothing frees our fantasies and stirs our hopes and fears, like that unparallel word: “Hollywood”. Actually, Hollywood is a town like any other, fighting against crime, poverty, sleaze, Hollywood’s real location being in the mind of movie lovers.
Today Hollywood is the symbol of the Dream Factory and the world’s first movie industry, the center of all kinds of media production, from film, to the internet and television.
I tried to present the history of the Hollywood’s movie industry, gradually following its evolution, beginning with the first human evidence in this area (the Gabrielino Indians) in 1800, the first movie companies in Hollywood, to nowadays stars.
1. The Beginning of Hollywood
There was a time when the only stars in Hollywood were found in the night skies, arching over
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Foreword
1. The beginning of Hollywood
2. The name ”Hollywood”
3. The movie of S. Porter - “the father of the Story Film”
4. The Hollywood sign
5. The growing film industry
6. The new Hollywood
7. The beginning of the Academy Awards
8. The Golden Age of Hollywood
9. Hollywood during the War Years
10. Stars
Conclusion
Bibliography
Foreword
I have always been fascinated by the Hollywood’s world, a world of mixture between reality and glittering fantasy, of beauty, glamour, art, a world in which any dream can come to reality.
The word Hollywood conjures the outstanding images of Sunset Strip, Hollywood Boulevard, Cahuenga Boulevard, La Brea Avenue, of nightclubs, movie palaces, special effects, extraordinary people – stars of the gaudiest illumination, Hollywood being often referred to as a “state of mind”.
Hollywood is a segment of Los Angeles, California, USA. Here, almost a century ago, the American Dream burst bigger than anything, giving birth to a new world, the movie industry. Of course, movies were, and still are, made in different locations, some nearby, and some far away. But nowhere and nothing frees our fantasies and stirs our hopes and fears, like that unparallel word: “Hollywood”. Actually, Hollywood is a town like any other, fighting against crime, poverty, sleaze, Hollywood’s real location being in the mind of movie lovers.
Today Hollywood is the symbol of the Dream Factory and the world’s first movie industry, the center of all kinds of media production, from film, to the internet and television.
I tried to present the history of the Hollywood’s movie industry, gradually following its evolution, beginning with the first human evidence in this area (the Gabrielino Indians) in 1800, the first movie companies in Hollywood, to nowadays stars.
1. The Beginning of Hollywood
There was a time when the only stars in Hollywood were found in the night skies, arching over
Bibliography: 1. The New Encyclopaedia Britannica” – volume V, William Benton, Helen Hemingway Benton, 1768, 15TH edition 2. http/en.wikipedia.org – Online Encyclopaedia