Studio system

Question 1

The major studios

Answer 1

20th centuary Fox, Paramount pictures, Warner Bros, M-G-M, RKO

Question 2

The minor Studios

Answer 2

Columbia, Universal, Universal Artists

Question 3

Differences between the major and minor studios

Answer 3

Major companies had their own theaters so they didn’t have to see their fiulms to anyone else, they did vertical integration. The major comapies were also in a oligraphy and controled the industry

Question 4

Vertical integration

Answer 4

The company controls all the activities of producing, disturbing and exhibition of the films.

Question 5

Poverty Row

Answer 5

Lone star, monogamy republic, PRC. Made the shorter “B” films that were lower budget films

Question 6

“A” picture

Answer 6

Made by the major and minor 8 companies and they were longer films. The cut for the theater for “A” films starts decent then grows the longer the theater shows the film

Question 7

“B” pictures

Answer 7

Were usually low-budget films made by poverty row and filled out the program. They were sold on a flat fee to fully rent these films

Question 8

Standard night at the movies during classical Hollywood days

Answer 8

You would go to movies for hours, and it would be a continuous performance where the shows never stop. they just continue onto a b film or an animation then start back again at the a film. You could walk in at any time and leave at any time

Question 9

Standard night at the movies during classical Hollywood days

Answer 9

You would go to movies for hours, and it would be a continuous performance where the shows never stop. they just continue onto a b film or an animation then start back again at the a film. You could walk in at any time and leave at any time

Question 10

Long Term contract

Answer 10

Actors would be signed on a contract for companies and they would have to do films oly for that studio for a certain amount of years