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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
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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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