In the era of silent movies, movies developed rapidly in the United States. 1906, there were 1000 "nickel cinemas" in the United States (named after the admission fee was 5 cents). In 1909, the number of nickel cinemas has reached 10000. The artists who laid the artistic foundation for early American films are: Potter, Griffith and Chaplin.
In the early development of American films, the "film patent company" controlled by Edison once monopolized the operation of the new york-based film industry. By about 19 15, this monopoly was finally broken, and the production base of American movies moved to Hollywood, which is now famous all over the world. Here, eight famous companies in American film history have gradually developed and established a Hollywood production system with "star system", "big studio system" and "genre film" as the core, and are called "three magic weapons" of Hollywood.
1927, Warner Bros. released the world's first audio feature film "The King of Jazz", and the film entered the audio age. From the 1930s to the mid-1940s, American movies have been in the golden age. With the steady increase of film production, many film artists from other parts of the United States and even all over the world came to Hollywood to seek development. With the appearance of sound films, in addition to early comedies, westerns and farce films, musicals, robbers, detectives and horror films have also developed rapidly. Genre film is a special phenomenon in American movies, which attracts audiences for a long time with formulaic plots, typed characters and environments. For example, the earliest western film, which is based on the history of American western development, depicts the struggle between Indians, robbers and gangsters who represent "barbarism" and western developers, border residents and mounted police who represent civilization in the unique environment of the west, and has repeatedly shaped the image of a cowboy who is alone, which has always been welcomed by American audiences.
From the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, the American film industry suffered a series of blows and challenges due to the rapid rise of the television industry and the implementation of the government's anti-monopoly law. It was not until the end of 1960s that the appearance of "American New Movie" and the subsequent rise of "New Hollywood" made American movies regroup. From the mid-1980s to today, American films have gradually recovered their dominance in the world film industry, and with abundant funds, they have brought high technology into film production, bringing new languages to films with a history of 100 years.