Hollywood Golden Age

E2025

era in American cinema historical film period

The Hollywood Golden Age was a period from the late 1920s to the early 1960s when the American studio system dominated film production and produced many of cinema’s most iconic stars and movies.

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All labels observed (33)

Label	Occurrences
Golden Age of Hollywood	558
Classical Hollywood cinema	85
Hollywood Golden Age canonical	65
Hollywood studio system	8
Golden Age of Hollywood film music	6
Hollywood studio era	6
Classical Hollywood era	4
classical Hollywood cinema	4
Golden Age of Hollywood actors	3
Golden Age of Hollywood musicals	3
Classic Hollywood era	2
Golden Age of Hollywood costume design	2
Hollywood’s Golden Age	2
1940s Hollywood	1
American cinema of the 1930s	1
Classic Hollywood cinema	1
Classical Hollywood cinema era	1
Golden Age Hollywood studio system	1
Golden Age of Hollywood (early phase)	1
Golden Age of Hollywood (silent era)	1
Golden Age of Hollywood child stars	1
Golden Age of Hollywood cinema	1
Golden Age of Hollywood film scoring	1
Golden Age of Hollywood horror	1
Golden Age of Hollywood songwriting	1
GoldenAgeOfHollywood	1
Great Depression era American cinema	1
Hollywood Golden Age (early sound period)	1
Hollywood Golden Age cinema	1
Hollywood of the Golden Age	1
early Hollywood	1
post-war Hollywood	1
postwar Hollywood	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in American cinema ⓘ historical film period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
characteristic	Hays Code censorship ⓘ classical Hollywood narrative style ⓘ contract directors and writers ⓘ genre-based production ⓘ long-term contracts for actors ⓘ rise of Technicolor ⓘ star system ⓘ studio-controlled distribution and exhibition ⓘ transition from silent films to sound films ⓘ use of black-and-white cinematography in early years ⓘ vertical integration of studios ⓘ widespread adoption of sound technology ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declineFactor	Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ rise of television ⓘ weakening of studio contract system ⓘ
dominantProductionModel	studio system ⓘ
economicContext	Great Depression ⓘ World War II ⓘ postwar boom ⓘ
endTime	early 1960s ⓘ
followedBy	New Hollywood ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
majorStudio	20th Century Fox ⓘ Columbia Pictures ⓘ MGM ⓘ Paramount Pictures Studios ⓘ surface form: Paramount Pictures RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ United Artists ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
notableDirector	Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ Billy Wilder ⓘ Frank Capra ⓘ Howard Hawks ⓘ John Ford ⓘ
notableFilm	Casablanca ⓘ Citizen Kane ⓘ Gone with the Wind ⓘ Singin' in the Rain ⓘ Sunset Boulevard ⓘ The Wizard of Oz ⓘ
notableGenre	film noir ⓘ gangster film ⓘ historical epic ⓘ melodrama ⓘ musical film ⓘ screwball comedy ⓘ western film ⓘ
notableStar	Bette Davis ⓘ Cary Grant ⓘ Clark Gable ⓘ Humphrey Bogart ⓘ Ingrid Bergman ⓘ James Stewart ⓘ Katharine Hepburn ⓘ Marilyn Monroe ⓘ
precededBy	silent film era ⓘ
regulatoryFramework	Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ
startTime	late 1920s ⓘ

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

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Captains Courageous (1937 film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

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