Look at this, A Brief Introduction of Hollywood.
Hackneyed theme!
What? How much do you know Hollywood?
Nearly everything.
You are full of boasts. I can examine you by question and answer. What is Hollywood? Where is it? What is the function of it?
Too easy questions. Listen carefully. Hollywood is the movie capital of the world. It is located in southern California. Many films have been made there, and the kinds have changed often.
Not bad. What kind of film did it produce from the ready to mid 1930's
Gangster movies. Movie-goers at that time could get a look at the people involved in crime and their violent activities by watching it.
Mm. What came after that?
After all that violence, people needed to laugh, so from the mid-to-late l940's, many detective movies about policemen who solved crimes were made. Then came musicals.
Pretty good. Please continue.
Right. By the mid - 50's, this light-hearted genre was competing with films about more serious subjects. There was one kind that could be found throughout all of these years, and that was the, mm, the. . .
The western films about America's cowboys, Indians and early settlers.
Come on.
Since the early 1960's, there are horror movies about people who encounter frightening, unnatural situations, and serious films such as documentarist about events that actually happened, and science fiction movies about possible friture and future worlds. Some people have also enjoyed watching psycho-dramas about the everyday problems that people have.
Any more?