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.

Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Golden Age of Hollywood 86
Classical Hollywood cinema 19
Hollywood studio system 6
Hollywood studio era 4
classical Hollywood cinema 4
Golden Age of Hollywood film music 3
Golden Age of Hollywood musicals 3
Classic Hollywood cinema 1
Golden Age of Hollywood (silent era) 1
Golden Age of Hollywood film scoring 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (143)

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this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Anne Revere → activeIn → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Herman J. Mankiewicz → activeIn → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
Loretta Young → activeIn → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
Arthur C. Miller → activeInPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Cedric Gibbons → activeInPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Darryl F. Zanuck → activeInPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
David O. Selznick → activeInPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Howard Hawks → activeInPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Technicolor → activeInPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Vincente Minnelli → activeInPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Hollywood Golden Age → alsoKnownAs → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Charles Walters → associatedWith → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Constance Adams DeMille → associatedWith → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Hollywood studio system
Helen Rose → associatedWith → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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King of the Cowboys → associatedWithEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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The Enemy (1927 film) → belongsToMovement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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"Make 'Em Laugh" musical number → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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A Guy Named Joe → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Alan Hale Sr. → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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All About Eve → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Andy Hardy film series → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Arsenic and Old Lace (film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Arthur Freed → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Bachelor Mother → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Blue Skies → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Body and Soul → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Broadway Melody of 1940 → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Captains Courageous (1937 film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Celeste Holm → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
Cyd Charisse → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Dr. Cyclops → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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George Cukor → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
Gunga Din → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Harmon Jones → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Humoresque → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Irving Thalberg → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
James Ashmore Creelman → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
John D. Dunning → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
King Vidor → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
Kitty Foyle → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Loew's Inc. → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Lost Horizon → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
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Louis B. Mayer → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood