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
Hollywood of the Golden Age	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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MGM → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

Mad Love (1935 film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Marty → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Over the Rainbow → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Rio Bravo → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Roxie Hart → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Royal Wedding → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood musicals

Selznick International Pictures → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Shall We Dance → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Sol Polito → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Summer Stock → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Ted Cheesman → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classic Hollywood cinema

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film score) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood film music

The Masked Marvel → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

The Postman Always Rings Twice → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946 film)

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

The Robe (film score) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood film scoring

The Song of Bernadette (film score) → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood film music

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

The Trolley Song → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood musicals

Three Little Words → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Under Western Stars → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Universal Classic Monsters → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Vernon L. Walker → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Yolanda and the Thief → era → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

The Last Tycoon → eraDepicted → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Dial M for Murder → filmEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Notorious → filmEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

The Snake Pit → filmMovement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: classical Hollywood cinema

A Damsel in Distress → filmStudioEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Bringing Up Baby → filmStudioEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Meet Me in St. Louis → filmStudioEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Motion Picture Production Code → historicalContext → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Paramount Decree of 1948 → historicalPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Echo Lake → inspiredBy → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hollywood of the Golden Age

Alfred Newman → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood film music

Billy Wilder → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema

Carole Lombard → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Cecil B. DeMille → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema

Charles Walters → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: classical Hollywood cinema

Frank Capra → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema

Frank Partos → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema

Fred Astaire → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Frederick → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Gene Kelly → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: classical Hollywood cinema

George Cukor → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema

Greta Garbo → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood

Howard Hawks → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema

Humphrey Bogart → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema

James Stewart → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema