Classical Hollywood cinema

Classical Hollywood cinema is a term used in film criticism to describe both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking which became characteristic of American cinema in "the sound-film era stretching from roughly 1930 to 1969."[4] It eventually became the most powerful and pervasive style of filmmaking worldwide.[5]

Classical Hollywood cinema

Film classic Gone with the Wind (1939) starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh
Years active	1910s–1960s
Country	United States
Influences	The Renaissance Theatrical realism Melodrama[1] Vaudeville[2] German expressionism[3]
Influenced	New Hollywood French New Wave

Similar or associated terms include classical Hollywood narrative, the Golden Age of Hollywood, Old Hollywood, and classical continuity.[6] The period is also referred to as the studio era, which may include films of the silent era, roughly 1910-1929.[4]