The movies they made, however, were bigger and more dramatic, providing the kinds of entertainment that TV could not. Films like The Robe (1953), The Ten Commandments (1956), and Ben-Hur (1959) featured magnificent sets, huge casts, and epic story lines.

Paramount, MGM, Fox, Warner, and RKO—often referred to as the "five major studios"—owned about 65 percent of the first-run theaters in the United States. In many cases, they did not compete head-to-head with one another.

Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. As a result of the introduction of television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters. They used more techniques in presenting their films through widescreen and big-approach methods, such as Cinemascope, VistaVision, and Cinerama, as well as gimmicks like 3-D film.

2024年1月4日 · Throughout the 1950s, drive-in theaters were popular date spots, as couples could get maximum privacy, and they became a hallmark of American culture thanks to popular movies like "Grease."

2011年6月7日 · Of the 468 movie theatres built in Philadelphia since the 1890s, 396 were located outside of Center City in the neighborhoods. As with the downtown theatres, the vast majority (more than 90%) of these buildings have been demolished, …

2020年6月7日 · 4,906 movies came out between 1950-1959. 165 of those were released in the theater. This list contains those 4,906 movies that were in theater. • Movies from certain decades (2010-2019, 1990-1999, etc). This list and every list was last updated June 7th, 2020. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 1. Young and Dangerous. 2. All About Eve. 3.

2020年4月15日 · In the 1950s, the theatrical industry saw studios, vendors, and exhibitors all reveling in a new wave of technological innovations. This time, the focus was on making the theatrical experience bigger and more spectacular—the better to compete with a …

The smallest movie theaters have a single viewing room with a single screen. In the 2010s, most movie theaters had multiple screens. The largest theater complexes, which are called multiplexes —a concept developed in Canada in the 1950s—have up to thirty screens.

Home theater systems kept people in their homes and the cost of making a blockbuster movie rose sharply in the 1950s. Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Rock Hudson and Sophia Loren were some of the hottest names in show business. But it wasn’t just about big stars.

Home theater systems kept people in their homes and the cost of making a blockbuster movie rose sharply in the 1950s. Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Rock Hudson and Sophia Loren were some of the hottest names in show business.