Entertainment & Sports
Aug. 8, 2024
Hollywood movie-making: a legal history
The legal history of Hollywood movie-making from its early days to modern times, focusing on key technological advancements, legal battles, and industry regulations that shaped its evolution.
John S. Caragozian
Email: caragozian@gmail.com
John is a Los Angeles-based lawyer and sits on the Board of the California Supreme Court Historical Society. He welcomes ideas for future monthly columns on California's legal history at caragozian@gmail.com.
Hollywood dominated the world's movie-making for well over a century. Indeed, "Hollywood" and "movies" have become synonymous. Since the early 1900s, judges and lawyers have influenced the location and structure of this movie-making.
In 1889, photographic pioneer George Eastman patented celluloid roll film. It was a major improvement over the previous technology of rigid photographic plates, and it led to the formation of Eastman Kodak, which dominated the photographic film industry...
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