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In , because of an inadequate water supply , Hollywood residents voted to consolidate with Los Angeles. If the coming of sound changed the aesthetic dynamics of the filmmaking process, it altered the economic structure of the industry even more, precipitating some of the largest mergers in motion-picture history.

In one of the first storytelling movies, The Count of Monte Cristo , was completed in Hollywood after its filming had begun in Chicago. In Cecil B. Hollywood had become the centre of the American film industry by as more independent filmmakers relocated there from the East Coast. Mayer , Darryl F.

With the growth of the television industry, Hollywood began to change, and by the early s it had become the home of much of American network television entertainment. The Hollywood Walk of Fame pays tribute to many celebrities of the entertainment industry. The most visible symbol of the district is the Hollywood sign that overlooks the area.

Hollywood Boulevard, long a chic thoroughfare, became rather tawdry with the demise of old studio Hollywood, but it underwent regeneration beginning in the late 20th century; the Egyptian Theatre built in , for example, was fully restored in the s and became the home of the American Cinematheque, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the presentation of the motion picture. We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles.

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Hollywood produces about half of all the films shot in the United States. The pioneers of the motion-picture industry found southern California extremely well suited to their needs of maximum sunshine, mild temperatures, varied terrain, and a well-educated and diverse labour market. In the anticommunist furor of post-World War II America, many crusaders—both within the government and in the private sector—targeted the media as a site of subversive infiltration. The blacklist was implemented by the Hollywood studios to promote….

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