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The year 1930 is the start of "the golden age of Hollywood", which through at least the 1940s. The studio system was at its height in the 1930s, studios having great control over a film's creative decision. This included the creation of the Hays Code, which was the first large scale attempt at organized censorship of Hollywood films.
The B movie, whose roots trace to the silent film era, was a significant contributor to Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s. As the Hollywood studios made the transition to sound film in the late 1920s, many independent exhibitors began adopting a new programming format: the double feature .
Behind the Make-Up: Robert Milton: William Powell, Fay Wray, Kay Francis: Drama: Paramount Famous Lasky [27] The Benson Murder Case: Frank Tuttle: William Powell, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorehead: Mystery melodrama: Paramount Famous Lasky [28] Beyond the Law: J. P. McGowan: Robert Frazer, Louise Lorraine, Lane Chandler: Western Rayart [29] Beyond ...
The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ]
Pages in category "Films set in the 1930s" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 535 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Title Director Cast Country Notes 1940: The Bank Dick: Edward F. Cline: W. C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel: United States: Crime comedy [1]: The Fatal Hour ...
The Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll were polls on determining the bankability of movie stars. They began quite early in the movie history. At first, they were popular polls and contests conducted in film magazines, where the readers would vote for their favorite stars, like the poll published in New York Morning Telegraph on 17 December 1911. [1]
During the 1930s, [1] the United States was facing its longest and deepest economic downturn, the Great Depression. Spending money on entertainment was out of the question for most people. The United States put the nation back to work, including artists and entertainers in its assistance programs.