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Hollywood is an American historical drama television miniseries starring an ensemble cast including David Corenswet, Darren Criss, Laura Harrier, Joe Mantello, Dylan McDermott, Jake Picking, Jeremy Pope, Holland Taylor, Samara Weaving, Jim Parsons, and Patti LuPone.
French astronomer P.J.C. Janssen came up with the idea for a "revolver to shoot the individual". This huge camera system used a Maltese cross-type mechanism, very similar to the system that would later be of great importance in the development of movie cameras.
Sound films emphasized black history, and benefited different genres to a greater extent than silents did. Most obviously, the musical film was born; the first classic-style Hollywood musical was The Broadway Melody (1929), and the form would find its first major creator in choreographer/director Busby Berkeley (42nd Street, 1933, Dames, 1934).
Featured characters Kit Carson, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett; later re-edited into a six-episode TV series, as well as a 72-minute feature version [60] S.O.S. Coast Guard: 12 Maritime, Science fiction: Alan James, William Witney Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Richard Alexander Also exists as a 71-minute feature version including some newly added footage
A Lesson in History: Georgi Dimitrov: Stefan Savov: Made in Germany - Die dramatische Geschichte des Hauses Zeiss: Ernst Abbe: Carl Raddatz: Mahnı belə yaranır: Süleyman Stalski: K. Slanov: Man of a Thousand Faces: Lon Chaney: James Cagney: Monkey on My Back: Barney Ross: Cameron Mitchell: Nine Lives: Jan Baalsrud: Jack Fjeldstad: Rasskazy ...
The series consists of 13 50-minute episodes, with each episode dealing with a specific aspect of Hollywood history. The actor James Mason, an enthusiast of the period, supplied the narration [8] while a lilting and expressive score was contributed by Carl Davis. [9] Technical quality was an important aspect of the production.
The film is in 4:3 frame format, with audio tracks in English and French, and subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. Bonus features include Checking Out: Grand Hotel , a documentary about the making of the film; a 1932 newsreel with highlights of the Hollywood premiere; Nothing Ever Happens , a 1933 Vitaphone short film spoofing Grand Hotel ...
With globalization, movie production has been clustered in Hollywood for several reasons: the United States has the largest single home market in dollar terms, entertaining and highly visible Hollywood movies have global appeal, and the role of English as a universal language contributes to compensating for higher fixed costs of production.