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The Feature Film (Early Stars (Charlie Chaplin (The complete filmmaker…
The Feature Film
Early Stars
Mary Pickford
America's Sweethart
Theda Bara
The Vamp
William S Hart
Westerns
Mack Sennett
Slapstick comedy
Keystone
Charlie Chaplin
The complete filmmaker
1915 Essany
1916 Mutual
1917 La Brea studio
1918 First National
1919 United Artists
The Tramp
W/ brother Sydney Chaplin in Fred Karno Comedy Troupe
1913 Charles Spencer Chaplin joins Mack Sennett & Keystone
Deluxe Theater
Admission $1-2
Capacity up to 6000
Feature with live music
Weekly change of program
Balaban & Katz / SL Rothafel (Roxy)
Air conditioning
Paramount
1916 Zukor & Famous Players Lasky merge production and distribution
Famous Players 1912
Mary Pickford
Founder Adolph Zukor
Nationwide feature film distributor
1914 WW Hodkinson
1917 Distributes 100+ features
Block booking
Foreign
Film d'art
France
Spectacular features
Italy
The Feature Film
Filmed plays and books
Movie Stars
The Studio System
Division of labor
Film studio
Screenplay
Producer
Mass production of films
Thomas Ince
Hollywood
Success of Hollywood
Large domestic market for US films
Broad-based US culture has wide appeal
WWI
Efficiency of the Studio System
Birth of Hollywood
"350" Sunny Days/year"
Variety of locations
Inexpensive property
Open shop town
Distance from NY