Wikipedia:WikiReader/Twentieth Century Hollywood
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This is a WikiReader about Twentieth-Century Hollywood.
The time is 1900-1999, the place is Hollywood in Los Angeles, California.
This WikiReader was proposed on July 4 2004, and will be putatively completed on October 1 2004.
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Introduction
The Place
The People (Probably composed of Lists of and going through a gruelling process)
- Roles
- Actors (from 1900-1999)
- Directors (from 1900-1999)
- Producers
- Cinematographers
- Writers
- Figures
This is a selection partially based on the editor's selection of Best Picture films. Others may be forthcoming. Also, they will be placed first in chronological order, then in alphabetical order for that decade. Woody Allen Marlon Brando Joan Crawford Tom Cruise Clint Eastwood Francis Ford Coppola Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Nicole Kidman George Lucas Stephen Spielberg
The Institutions (and more about the laws that guide them like the Hayes Code and restrictions on child actors). Paramount MGM Dreamworks Disney-tons on Disney! Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences First Hollywood Bank Studio system Hayes code
The Films The films are "Best Film" for the Oscars, at least for Part One. Feel free to suggest your own choices: there could be three, four or five 'good films' for each decade. They have to say something about Hollywood's role in the film industry. Part Two may contain B-films and others that appeal to the mass market.
1900: The Great Train Robbery 1910: The Birth of a Nation 1920: All Quiet on the Western Front 1930: Gone with the Wind 1940: Casablanca 1950: Ben-Hur 1960: Lawrence of Arabia 1970: Annie Hall 1980: Chariots of Fire 1990: The Silence of the Lambs
The Future: Conclusion
Further Information and Sources Mostly history files gacked to acknowledge the authors and editors.
Acknowledgements
