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| An early peepshow-like movie projection system developed by Thomas Edison, which could only be seen by an individual viewer |
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| a theatrical movie that runs more than one hour. |
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| a factory-like way of producing films that involved having all of the talent, including the actors and directors, working directly for the movie studios. The studios also had almost total control of the distribution system. |
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| requiring a theater owner to take a whole series of movies in order to get a few desirable "headliner" films. this system was eventually found to violate antitrust laws |
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| sound effects, music, and voices synchronized with the moving images in a movie. |
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| a movie with synchronized sound; these quickly replaced silent films |
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| House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) |
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| the congressional committee chaired by Parnell Thomas, that held hearings on the influence of communism on Hollywood in 1947. These activities mirrored a wider sentiment in society to root our suspected communists in all walks of American life. |
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| a group of ten writers and directors who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee about their political activities. They were among the first people in Hollywood to be blacklisted |
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| A group of people banned from working in the movie industry in the late 1940s and 1950s because they were suspected of being communist sympathizers. some of these, such as a few screenwriters, were able to work under assumed names, but others never worked in the industry again |
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| a group of movie theaters with anywhere from three to twenty screens that share a common box office and concession stand. largely a suburban phenomenon at first, they replaced the old urban Art Deco movie palaces. |
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| a period from the late 1970's to the present day when movie studios make relatively expensive movies that have a large, predefined audience. these movies, usually chock full of special effects, are packaged with cable deals and marketing tie-ins, and can be extremely lucrative if they are able to attract large, repeat audiences |
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| the industry-imposed rules that controlled the content of movies fromt he 1930s until the movie rating system we still have today came into use in 1968 |
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| ancillary, or secondary, markets |
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| movie revenue sources other than the domestic box office. these include foreign box office, video rights, and television rights as well as tie-ins and product placements |
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