Film Historian Answers Old Hollywood Questions

Film historian Tony Maietta joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the old days of Hollywood and the U.S. film industry. When did the "golden age" of Hollywood begin and end? Why is the US film industry based mostly in Los Angeles? When were the first Oscars? Why was Marilyn Monroe such a transcendent star? What impact did Charlie Chaplin have on the art of film? Did silent film stars bother to learn their lines? Answers to these questions and plenty more await on Old Hollywood Support.

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Director: Jackie Phillips
Director of Photography: Grant Bell
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Expert: Tony Maietta
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Shay Eberle-Gunst
Sound Mixer: Paul Cornett
Production Assistant: Abigayle Devine
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia; Samantha DiVito
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward