1、American Movies*Hollywood Studio Era*American films of the 1920sH o l l y w o o d s h i s t o r y The name of Hollywood had already existented long before it became synonymous(代名詞） to be a movie powerhouse.In fact ,Hollywood was not what it was not for a small troop (隊伍)of actors that ventured into

2、（進軍）it until in 1910.The place was a small village just in the north of LosAneles.The first movie was filmed In Old California.After rumors（傳聞)spread out that California was such a great place to shoot movies ,directors from all over America which began to bring their projects out west into Hollywoo

3、d.This is how the American Movie Industry was born.Hollywood s film company1*米高梅電影公司（Metro Golden Mayer,簡稱MGM） The company was officially established in 1924, the companys name is formed by three founder s last name ( Mitt - Goldwyn - Meyer ) , the Chinese translation is 米高梅 . MGM has taken one of t

4、he most classic films in film history , Gone with the Wind 飄 ,created a enduring classic screen 007 , created immortal cartoon Tom and Jerry 貓和老鼠. Founded the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , and launched an Academy Award ( Oscar ) 2*派拉蒙影業公司（Paramount Picyures ,Inc.) In the creation of

5、the first thirty years , the company with a number of stars produced high-quality movies and theater chains across the United States which has been sitting on the throne of Hollywood hegemony. This company has produced The Godfather 教父 Saturday Night Fever 周末夜狂歡, Indiana Jones奪寶奇兵 and Forrest Gump阿甘

6、正傳 that was so popular and critically acclaimed movies 3*哥倫比亞三星電影集團公司(columbia tristar motion picture group ) Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group,is a Sony Pictures Entertainment film sales company ,which is consisted of Sony Pictures ( USA) Inc. and Columbia TriStar two subsidiaries of internatio

7、nal film distribution company ,and responsible for sales in the United States and 67 countries and regions worldwide,issue and promotion of spe movie products.哥倫比亞三星電影集團公司是索尼影視娛樂有限公司旗下的影片銷售公司，由索尼影視（美國）有限公司和哥倫比亞三星國際電影發行公司兩個子公司組成，負責在美國和全球67個國家和地區銷售、發行和推廣spe的電影產品。4*華納兄弟影業公司（Warner Bros) In April, 1923

8、Warner Bros was created by Harry Warner哈里*華納 , Albert Warner阿爾伯特*華納,Sam山姆*華納 and Jack Warner杰克*華納. Headquartered is in New York at the time , the studio was located in Burbank near Hollywood.And filmed in 1927 , the distribution of films in the history of the first sound film was The Jazz Singer 爵士歌

9、手 , so Warner in the early 1930s into the ranks of the eight major Hollywood film companies .5*環球影片公司（Universal Picture） The Bourne Identity ,諜影重重 Fast and Furious 速度與激情 .6*聯美電影公司 (UNITED ARTISTS) In 1919 UNITED ARTISTS was founded by four renowned directors and actors Charlie Chaplin卓別林、 , Fairbank

10、s范朋克、 , Bike Fu畢克馥、 , Griffith格里菲斯 contributed to create, and gradually developed into one of the American film production and distribution of the eight companies.7*二十世紀福克斯影片公司（Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is Americas leading film and televisi

11、on program distribution and production company , one is a subsidiary of News Corp. Headquarters is located in Los Angeles, California, Beverly Hills, west side Century City . 8*迪士尼電影公司(The Walt Disney Company) Walt Disney Company is a subsidiary of Disney . Disneys full name is The Walt Disney Compa

12、ny, named after the founder of Walt Disney , which is headquartered in the United States large multinational companies大型跨國公司. 1930s and1940s,it started relying on Mickey Mouse , 1940s, which involved in the field of live-action films and has acquired the independent film industry giant Miramax(巨頭米拉麥

13、克斯) and Pixar 3D animation supremacy(3D動畫霸主皮克)斯 and consolidate its position as the top film companies .American films of the 1920sAmerican films of the 1920s Films were made in the1920s that reflected the change of social and moral standars.some genres(流派).such as comedy,and westerns changed little

14、.cynicism and sensuality喜愛感官享受 among the upper classes characterized many of the 1920s features,and democratic optimism gave way to rampant materialism(泛濫的拜金主義） During the 1920s, movie attendance soared. By the middle of the decade, 50 million people a week went to the movies the equiv-alent of half

15、 the nations population. In Chicago, in 1929, theater-s had enough seats for half the citys population to attend a movi-e each day. In 1922,the increasing pressure for censorship and widely publicized scandals led the industry to adopt a self-regulatory code of dos and donts. In1926,WarnerBrothers r

16、eleased the film Don Juan-the first film with a synchronized film score along with a program of talking shorts. The popularity of The Jazz Singer, which was released in 1927, erase-d any doubts about the popular appeal of sound, and wi-thin a year, 300 theaters were wired for sound. The arrival of sound produced a sharp upsurge in movie attendance, which jumped from 50 million a week in the mid20s to 110 million in 1929. But it also produced a number of fundamental transformations in