happyharry:

The studio system was a means of film production and distribution dominant in Hollywood from the early 1920s through the early 1960s. The period stretching from the introduction of sound to the court ruling and the beginning of the studio breakups, 1927/29–1948/49, is commonly known as the Golden Age of Hollywood.

In 1954, the last of the operational links between a major production studio and theater chain was broken and the era of the studio system was officially over.

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