But overall, the average working time was cut down from sixty-six hours in 1860 to less than sixty in 1890 and further down to forty-seven hours per week at the beginning of the second decade in the 20th century (Norton et al. Of course, many workers still spent more than half a day or even more at work (employees in sweatshops or steel mills for example). As a consequence, more and more people had more and more time for recreational activities at their disposals. Originally intended to save labor capacity, industrial innovations like the assembly line and other new, time-saving technologies passed their ways through in the employment market. The reason for this shift towards more time for leisure activities went hand in hand with the fewer hours workers had to spend for their duties, tasks and responsibilities.

For these causes, I want to develop a strongly intertwined scheme of a cycle of histories as well as analyzing sociological, political, technological, ideological and other relevant factors of the time to describe the evolution and outstanding success of the Hollywood musical.ДЇirst, technical advancements at the beginning of the last century and the birth of Hollywood have to be given a close look to examine the entertainment industry which grew rapidly around and after the turn from the 19th to the 20th century. Altogether, when things happened, where, why, and in which order is not clearly recognizable any more. In the following paragraphs, I want to explain the formation of the talkies by means of one of its most successful divisions вЂ“ the film musical. Film musicals further encouraged fantasies and became one of the industryвЂ™s largest and most successful genres at the beginning of a new era. In 1928, sound was added to movies for the very first time, in that way giving birth to the film musical. Films started out with static, silent pictures and without sound. Over time, the center of the industry moved across the country and set foot in Los Angeles. In the United States, the film industry started to emerge in New York City and was later joined by steadily growing and stronger forces in California.

Nowadays, the sign symbols the worldвЂ™s gateway for fantasies and dreams. Originally, it read HOLLYWOODLAND and intended to draw attention to new housing developments in the nearby Hollywood Hills. The HOLLYWOOD sign atop of Mount Lee was erected in 1923. The unprecedented success story of the Californian film industry is a summary of work, imagination, hopes, and dreams of many talented and gifted human beings. Hollywood, the purpose-built dream factory at the West Coast of the United States and the filmic center of the world produces countless films and movies every year. They like the smell of it in Hollywood (вЂ¦)вЂќ, lines of a famous Madonna song from last year. вЂњEverybody comes to Hollywood they wanna make it in the neighborhood.

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