CIN201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Studio System, William Wyler, International Alliance Of Theatrical Stage Employees
Document Summary
The post-wwii period marks the peak but also the beginning of the decline of. Hollywood"s domination of both the domestic and international marketplace. 1946 is a watershed year never recapture. The wwii years proved especially lucrative for the american film industry. Particularly in terms of film"s status as an entertainment offered within a wartime economy. The studios cooperated with the office of war information (owi) by permitting the bureau of motion pictures a great degree of oversight. Wartime filmmaking served a propagandistic aim and led to. The improved attendance of the wartime years led to record profits period-specific genres. One could argue that wwii either precipitated or merely forestalled many of the developments that brought hollywood to one of its lowest points. Four factors contributed to this decline in hollywood fortunes- Antitrust suits and the end of vertical integration. The introduction of television and changes in american society. Persistent labor disputes near the end of wwii signalled a changing workplace.
