• The film industry really bloomed in the 1920’s. The first movies where filmed in New Jersey now the films of the time were being made at the first 20 Hollywood studios. The films of the 1920's were in major demand during this era. Most of the productions were all silent still theaters where packed every night. The stock market cash or the end of the Great War did not initially affect film theaters and studios. Some of the best artists, directors, and stars from European filmmaking circles were imported to Hollywood.

• "The Big Five" consisted of Warner Brothers Pictures, MGM, RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Pictures, Famous Players-Lasky, and Fox Film Corporation. Warner Bros. Pictures, incorporated in 1923 by the brothers (Jack, Harry, Albert, and Sam); the studio's first principal asset was Rin Tin Tin. MGM, first named Metro-Goldwyn Pictures - in 1924 formed from the merger of Metro Pictures (1915), Samuel Goldwyn Picture Corporation (1917), and the Louis B. Mayer Pictures Company (1918). RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Pictures, evolved from the Mutual Film Corporation (1912), went into business in 1928 as a subsidiary of RCA. Adolph Zukor's Famous Players and Jesse Lasky's Feature Play - merged in 1916 to form Famous Players-Lasky, spent $1 million on United Studios' property (on Marathon Street) in 1926, where Paramount Pictures henceforth has been located since 1935. Fox Film Corporation, founded by William Fox, later became 20th Century Fox, formed through merger of Twentieth Century Company and Fox in 1935. Three smaller, minor studios were dubbed "The Little Three". Universal Pictures, United Artists, and Columbia Pictures. Universal Pictures, founded by Carl Laemmle in 1912.United Artists, formed in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Charlie Chaplin, and D.W. Griffith. Columbia Pictures, originally the CBC film company in 1920, was officially named Columbia in 1924, with brothers Jack and Harry Cohn, and Joseph Brandt. Other low-budget studios or independents also existed: the Monogram Picture Corporation, founded in 1930 to make mostly inexpensive Westerns and series (Charlie Chan, the Bowery Boys, etc.), Selznick - headed up by David O. Selznick, Goldwyn - headed up by Samuel L. Goldwyn, Disney - specializing in animation, and Republic Pictures, founded in 1935. "Poverty Row" was the name given to an area in Hollywood (Sunset Blvd. and Gower Street) where inexpensive, independent pictures were made.

• The 3,300-seat Strand Theater opened in 1914 in New York City. The nickelodeon era ended soon after this and the beginning of an age of the movie palaces began. Impresario Sid Grauman built a number of movie palaces in Los Angeles: The Million Dollar Theater in 1918, the Egyptian in 1922, and the now-famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood in 1927. Films were now becoming bigger, costlier, more polished, and the major film emphasis was on swashbucklers, historical extravaganzas, and melodramas.

• Some of the major box office stars include Harold Lloyd, Gloria Swanson, Tom Mix, Norma Talmadge, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Colleen Moore, Norma Shearer, John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Lon Chaney, Greta Garbo, and Mary Pickford.

• Clara Bow stared in “It” and “Wings”. After staring in it she became the “It” sex appeal girl in the age of flappers. Two of the biggest silent movie stars were Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. They stared in films such as “The Queens Of Hollywood”, “America’s Sweetheart”, and “ Out Mary”. Mary Pickford had been a star since she was younger. She married another star Douglas Fairbanks. There marriage was a major event and they were married from 1920-1935. Douglas Fairbanks starred in many types of films like exciting, adventure, and costumed swashbuckler. Some of the movies he stared in included “The Mark of Zorro”, “Robin Hood”, “The Thief of Bagdad”, “The Black Pirate”, and “ The Iron Mask”. Another famous couple Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell paired together in a total of 12 movies. Some included “Seventh Heaven”, “Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans”, “ The Four Devils”, “ and Tabu: A Story of the South Seas”.

• One of the greatest comedians of all times was Charlie Chaplin. Charlie was born Lawrence Simmons in London, England. His parents were music hall entertainers.At a young age Charlie’s parents slip up and he was put in a Orphan home. Some of the films he has starred in are “Sherlock Homes”, “The Casey Circus”, and “Making a Living”. he was most famous for his participation in comedic slient flims.