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Film Industry of the 1920s

Film Industry of the 1920s. By Alyssa Caffi and Olivia Hauck. Film History. Production in early 1900s leads to expanding of film industry in 1920s. Advances in technology leads to faster and easier production (Assembly line). Films predominantly produced in Hollywood Early films are silent

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Film Industry of the 1920s

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  1. Film Industry of the 1920s By Alyssa Caffi and Olivia Hauck

  2. Film History • Production in early 1900s leads to expanding of film industry in 1920s • Advances in technology leads to faster and easier production (Assembly line) • Films predominantly produced in Hollywood • Early films are silent • Greatest output of feature films

  3. “The Big Five” Warner Bros. Pictures Famous Players-Lasky (Paramount Pictures) RKO Pictures Fox Film Corporation (20th Century Fox) Loew’s Inc. (MGM)

  4. “The Little Three” Universal Pictures C.B.C. Film Sales Company (Columbia) United Artists

  5. Movie Palaces The Roxy Theater Sid Grauman Theaters • The Million Dollar Theater • Egyptian Theater • Chinese Theater

  6. *Star Gazing* • Mary Pickford - April 30, 1927 • Douglas Fairbanks - April 30, 1927 • Norma Talmadge - May 18, 1927 • Norma Shearer - August 1, 1927 • Harold Lloyd - November 21, 1927 • William S. Hart - November 28, 1927 • Tom Mix and Tony the horse - December 12, 1927 • Colleen Moore - December 19, 1927 • Gloria Swanson - 1927 • Constance Talmadge - 1927 • Charlie Chaplin - January of 1928

  7. Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks Charlie Chaplin Buster Keaton Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Gloria Swanson Greta Garbo Norma Talmadge Rudolph Valentino John Barrymore John Gilbert Clara Bow Lon Chaney, Sr. Jean Harlow Janet Gaynor Harold Lloyd Colleen Moore Norma Shearer Tom Mix Famous Actors

  8. 1920 “The Saphead” “Way Down East”

  9. 1921 “The Shiek” “A Lucky Dog” “The Kid” “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”

  10. 1922 “Our Gang”/ “The Little Rascals” “Orphans of the Storm”

  11. 1923 “Safety Last” “The Covered Wagon” “The Ten Commandments”

  12. 1924 MGM is established “Greed”

  13. 1925 “The Phantom of the Opera” “The Big Parade” “Gold Rush”

  14. 1926 • “Don Juan” • “The Son of the Shiek” • “Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ”

  15. 1927 • “The Jazz Singer” • “The General” • “Sunrise” • “Wings”

  16. 1928 • “Steamboat Willie” • “The Crowd” • “Steamboat Bill, Jr.”

  17. 1929 • The Oscars/Academy Awards • “The Broadway Melody” • “The Virginian”

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