Hollywood's America

Film as History

• Historical Overview: Hollywood as History
• Chronology of Film History

Trailers of Historically Significant Films

Hollywood has shaped our most vivid images of the historical past. Our collection of film trailers allows users to see how the film studios promoted the films that are most deeply impressed in our collective imagination.

The History of American Film: Primary Sources

• Edison v. American Mutoscope Company (1902)
• “The Nickel Madness,” Barton W. Currie, Harper's Weekly, August 24, 1907
• Fighting a Vicious Film: Protest against "The Birth of a Nation"
• Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio (1915)
• The Introduction of Sound
  • Pictures That Talk (1924)
  • Review of Don Juan (1926)
  • Silence is Golden (1930)
• Film Censorship
  • The Sins of Hollywood (1922)
  • The Don’ts and Be Carefuls (1927)
  • The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930
• U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearings on Motion Picture and Radio Propaganda (1941)
• Bureau of Motion Pictures Report: Casablanca (1942)
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1947)
• HUAC Hearings on Communist Infiltration of the Motion-Picture Industry (1947)
• HUAC Hearings on Communist Infiltration of the Motion-Picture Industry (1951-52)
• The Miracle Decision (1952)
• Motion Pictures Rating System (1968)

Film Guides:

• The American Revolution in Film
• Slavery in American Film
• Immigration and the Movies
• Sports and American Film
• Hollywood Faces the Great Depression
• The "New" Hollywood of the 1960s
• A Guide to Film Sites on The World Wide Web

A Bibliography of Film History

• Reference Works
• Ethnicity in American Film
• Film History by Era
• World Cinema
• Film Genre

This site was updated on 06-May-25.