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)

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

Joan Crawford → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
Katharine Hepburn → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
King Vidor → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
Leslie Caron → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Max Steiner → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Ray Rennahan → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: classical Hollywood cinema
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood (silent era)
Sam Wood → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
Stanley Donen → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Willis H. O’Brien → movement → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Arthur Hornblow Jr. → notableEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
Columbia Pictures → notableEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
John Lund → notableWorkPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Lucile Rosson → notableWorkPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
subject surface form: Victor Fleming
20th Century Fox → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hollywood studio system
A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film) → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hollywood studio era
Ernest Haller → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Eugene Pallette → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Hal Roach Studios → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hollywood studio system
Harold Rosson → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Bergman → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
subject surface form: Ingrid Bergman
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Jack Haley → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Jane Wyatt → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Karen Verne → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
Little Women (1933 film) → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hollywood studio era
Paramount Pictures Studios → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hollywood studio system
Rita Hayworth → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
The Harvey Girls → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood musicals
Universal Pictures → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hollywood studio system
Wuthering Heights (1939 film) → partOf → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hollywood studio era
Daughter of Shanghai → partOfEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
Olivia de Havilland → participatedIn → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington → releaseEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
subject surface form: Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Women He's Undressed → setInPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
The Big Sleep → studioEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
subject surface form: The Big Sleep (1946 film)
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
this entity surface form: Classical Hollywood cinema
The Rains Came → studioSystemEra → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
RKO Radio Pictures → timePeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
The King of Hollywood → timePeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Hail, Caesar! → timePeriodDepicted → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
Arthur Edeson → workPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
If I Only Had a Brain → workPeriod → Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood