How did the film industry in Hollywood get started?

In the early 1900s filmmakers moved to the Los Angeles area to get away from the strict rules imposed by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company in New Jersey and the East Coast. read more

In the early 1900s filmmakers moved to the Los Angeles area to get away from the strict rules imposed by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company in New Jersey and the East Coast. read more

According to industry myth, the first movie made in Hollywood was Cecil B. DeMille’s The Squaw Man in 1914 when its director decided last-minute to shoot in Los Angeles, but In Old California, an earlier film by DW Griffith, had been filmed entirely in the village of Hollywood in 1910. read more

Four major film companies – Paramount, Warner Bros., RKO, and Columbia – had studios in Hollywood, as did several minor companies and rental studios. In the 1920s, Hollywood was the fifth-largest industry in the nation. read more

In 1921 a Dracula film based off Bram Stoker's work was released. In 1939 the Wizard of Oz was released, based off the book by L. Frank Baum. Adaptations are nothing new, and have been around as long as filmmaking. read more