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How does Hollywood fit on the horizon of American history ?

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1870

THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION

1914

1920

PROHIBITION & Organised Crime

1929

1933

The GREAT DEPRESSION

1939

late 40s

The Second RED SCARE & McCarthyisme

late 50s

The Technological Revolution, 1870- 1914

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The first movie camera called the kinetograph was conceived during a period known as The Technological Revolution.During this period many groundbreaking inventions were made, such as the light bulb. Some of these technological innovations met with a great commercial success thanks to mass production,

And what about movies during the technological revolution ?

The Technological Revolution and the Movies ?

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The kinetograph, the very first movie camera, was conceived during this period, in the early 1890s.The first movies were very limited technically, yet they thrilled audiences. Technological progress continued and in only 10 years movie production made huge progress. In the early 1900s, a silent movie like The Great Train Robbery developed a complete story with numerous actors and settings.

Prohibition, 1920 - 1933

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'Prohibition' was a law which strictly prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the USA between 1920 and 1933. Bars and saloons were shut down and stocks of alcohol destroyed.

Prohibition and Organized Crime in the 1920s

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'Prohibition' was a nationwide law which prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the USA between 1920 and 1933. During this era, the illegal sale of alcohol became an enormous business. This business was run by what came to be known as 'Organized Crime'. Al Capone was one of the most infamous heads of Organized Crime in Chicago. This type of characters became familiar in a new genre of movies : the gangster movie.