The Studio Era
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| The Palace |
| The index of a site with several articles related to the Golden Era of Hollywood, including essays on Chaplin, B-Films, film noir, and film history from the 20s to the 50s.
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http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/contents.htm
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| The Greatest Films of the 1930s |
| A discussion of the key films after the advent of film sound through the 30s.
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http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html
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| The Greatest Films of the 1940s |
| A discussion of the key films through the 1940s.
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http://www.filmsite.org/40sintro.html
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| The Hollywood Thirties |
| A site covering the major films, the major stars, and the lesser known but worthy figures and films.
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http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/4344/sitemap.html
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| The SIMPP Archive |
| An excellent site on the SIMPP, an independent film initiative founded in the 1940s by Welles, Disney, Pickford, Chaplin, et al, to resist studio pressure. History, biographies, filmographies, essays on the Hollywood Antitrust case, links, and numerous other resources.
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http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/index.htm
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| Hollywood’s Golden Age |
| http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/golden.htm
Two related sites on studios in the Golden Age of Hollywood, covering Columbia, United Artists, RKO, Paramount, 20th Century-Fox.
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http://www.moderntimes.com/palace/golden1.htm
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| The End of the Studio System |
| An essay discussing the end of the studio system and how it relates to television, video rentals, and the current filmmaking industry.
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http://www.cybercollege.com/frtv/frtv005.htm
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| Film Sound History |
| An index of numerous articles on the history of sound in film, including timelines, early experiments, cartoons and sound, documentary, and many other aspects.
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http://www.filmsound.org/film-sound-history/
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| Screen Writers Guild |
| Homepage for the SWG.
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http://screenwritersguild.org/
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| Directors Guild of America |
| Directors Guild of America homepage.
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http://www.dga.org
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| Screen Actors Guild |
| SAG homepage.
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www.sag.org
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| Reel Women: The Stories of Remarkable Female Filmmakers |
| Biographies of female filmmakers, from the early years of Hollywood to the present.
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http://www.reelwomen.com/REMARKABLE.html
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| Robert J. Flaherty: A Biography |
| A site devoted to Robert Flaherty, with biography, essays, and links.
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http://nimbus.ocis.temple.edu/~jruby/wava/Flaherty/title.html
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| Hollywood at War |
| The history of Hollywood during times of war, from the Spanish American war onward, but particularly focused on WWII.
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http://history.acusd.edu/gen/st/~ksoroka/hollywood1.html
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