studio system

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The studio system was a dominant mode of film production and distribution in early-to-mid 20th-century Hollywood, characterized by vertically integrated major studios that controlled movie creation, talent, and exhibition.

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instanceOf Hollywood economic model ⓘ
film production system ⓘ
historical media institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Golden Age studio system ⓘ
classical Hollywood studio system ⓘ
causeOf concentration of power among major studios ⓘ
characteristic block booking ⓘ
centralized control over distribution ⓘ
centralized control over exhibition ⓘ
centralized control over production ⓘ
factory-like mode of film production ⓘ
genre-based production planning ⓘ
in-house creative departments ⓘ
long-term talent contracts ⓘ
star system ⓘ
studio lots and backlots ⓘ
studio-owned theater chains ⓘ
vertical integration ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolutionCause Paramount Decrees ⓘ
antitrust enforcement ⓘ
changing audience tastes ⓘ
rise of television ⓘ
domain film industry ⓘ
economicModel oligopoly ⓘ
vertical monopoly ⓘ
effect limited creative autonomy for directors ⓘ
long-term employment for contract talent ⓘ
reliable film release schedules ⓘ
standardization of film style ⓘ
endTime 1950s ⓘ
hasPart art departments ⓘ
costume departments ⓘ
distribution arms ⓘ
exhibition chains ⓘ
production units ⓘ
sound stages ⓘ
story departments ⓘ
talent departments ⓘ
influenced classical Hollywood narrative style ⓘ
global film distribution practices ⓘ
influencedBy early 20th-century corporate consolidation ⓘ
industrial mass production methods ⓘ
location Hollywood ⓘ
regulationImpact United States v. Paramount Pictures Inc. (1948) ⓘ
replacedBy independent producer model ⓘ
package-unit system of production ⓘ
startTime 1920s ⓘ
usedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Columbia Pictures ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
United Artists ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
Warner Bros. ⓘ
major Hollywood studios ⓘ

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American cinema → economicModel → studio system ⓘ