----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 12:31
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Slighty Off topic -
The Old Movie Studio "Under Contract" System...
Hey, Joe:
Hoooo, big topic. Several books have been written
on the decline of the studio system. Merchant of Dreams, a bio of Louis B.
Mayer is a good one, since it uses Mayer's life and career to examine the rise
and fall of MGM, the biggest of the Hollywood dream factories. Dore Scharer's
Heyday is another one. Scharer took over from Mayer at MGM just at the time
the major studios started their decline.
As to why studios moved away from using contract
players, the answer is quite simple: cost. It simply became too costly to have
big stars on contract who in most cases were not obligated to make more than
one picture a year (at least by the 40s). Also, by the early 50s, the studios
were generally divesting themselves of large facilities and staffs than ran up
costs while they were losing audiences to TV and movie attendance was
dropping.
Like I said, a big topic. Maybe others can add a
little as well.
Cheers,
Dave
Posteropolis
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 7:37
PM
Subject: [MOPO] Slighty Off topic - The
Old Movie Studio "Under Contract" System...
Mopo,
I'm
curious to know about the old Hollywood studio system worked when an actor
was under contact and had to make whatever movie the studio heads wanted
them to make. This opposed to today where Tom Cruise can pick the movies
he wants to do.
How did the "under contract" system develop and
change into what we have now? What caused the "under contract" system to
end?
Can anyone provide some insight? Are there any good
documentaries regarding this subject?
Joe
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