58: Hollywood Studio Collapse (Patreon)

Movies: Are they good or are they bad? It's impossible to say. But what about the folks who make 'em? Hollywood makes plenty of flops and failures, but on this episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism, we cover the golden age of Hollywood, and how it all came crashing down.

Edited and thumbnail by Noah

Sources:

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/hollywood-strike-history-sag/ 

https://www.amazon.com/Inquisition-Hollywood-Politics-Community-1930-60/dp/0252071417 

https://archive.org/details/forbiddenanimati0000cohe/page/n9/mode/2up 

https://filmstarfacts.com/2017/09/26/studio-system-collapsed/ 

https://www.history.com/news/how-tv-killed-hollywoods-golden-age 

https://retrospectjournal.com/2020/11/29/raising-the-curtain-hollywood-and-american-politics-1920-60/ 

https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false