The Development of American Cinema

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date American Cinema The American cinema has experienced a remarkable impact on the industry of filming as from early 20th century. The classical Hollywood cinema is the most dominant style of the American cinema. Hollywood was established from 1917 to 1960 and featured in a majority of films made to present times (Lindstrom 107). The rise of American cinema was very fast, and this made it be the most dominant force in the film industry. It has since produced the highest number of films of any single-language, with over 800 films in the English language each year. The paper discusses the American film industry as a business, its impact in the early 20th century and development of new companies. Movies and motion pictures began in the late 19th century. It was in this period when there was the invention of toys in motion that hoaxed the eye into viewing the illusion of motion from a display of still frames in quick succession (Keil 81). The advancement of movies went on in the 1900s, and it involved editing, backdrops together with visual flow. These advancements motivated Nickelodeons to increase public appeal of film and make more money for the filmmakers in 1920s (The History of the Hollywood Movie Industry). During the 1920s the movie industry began actually to flourish as several movies were being produced each year. The advancement went higher in the 1930s as filmmakers involved sounds in the movies as well as the introduction of new genres like comedies and documentaries. It is in the 20th century where American film industry grew into a vertically consolidated big business. One hundred to one-thousand-unit ownership of the theatre chain assured main American cinema firms market for their films. The film corporations could use Chandler’s principles he had lumped within this category, the chain store. In his study, Chandler keyed out two important changes which have characterized business history; development of mass production as well as mass distribution (Lindstrom 110). The chain outlets between 1920 and 1930 increased five times. This made the Hollywood chain to become a very crucial force in the economy of the United States within the first two decades of the 20th century. The chains emerged in the form of variety stores, grocery stores and later on chains for drugs, auto parts, gas stations as well as clothing. American cinema has remained to be a form of business. Historically, it has a strong foundation in business. It is on this business foundation that the film industry has continued to build on till pr...