In the popular imagination, 1930s Hollywood was a dream factory producing escapist movies to distract the American people from the greatest economic crisis in their nation's history. But while many ...

After all, President Judson Hammond is played by the arresting Walter Huston, who only three years earlier portrayed Honest Abe in 1930’s Abraham ... could be called Hollywood’s happy fascist ...

The 1930s has since been seen as a time of major growth in Hollywood, with major film studios, such as MGM and Warner Brothers, producing a range of comedies, westerns, gangster movies and musicals.

Hollywood in the 1930s wasn’t just about stars on the silver ... Want more tales from Hollywood’s automotive history? Keep ...

An inside view on the glory and tragedy of Johnny Weissmuller, the world class swimmer and the one and only real Tarzan from the original 1930s Hollywood blockbusters. He was a star who became a ...

Today top institutions that offer film studies give students technical training, artistic guidance, and real-world exposure. They play a critical role in the development of modern cinema techniques.

Mank tells the story of screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz attempting to finish the script for Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane in 1930s Hollywood. A drinker and gambler who regularly pursues affairs ...