Movie Studios

Different studios usually have different qualities form others and are strong in certain genres of movies. M-G-M studios did mostly musicals and comdey films. It was more of a flashy studio. Some of the actors and directors that worked there were Clark Gable, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Vincente Minnelli, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, and Elizabeth Taylor. The moguls for M-G-M were Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg. Movies that came out of this stuio were Babes in Arms, The Good Earth, and Madame Curie. Paramount also did comedies, but usually romantic comedies. The also did epics. Some of the actors and directors that worked for Paramount include Cecil. B. DeMille, Preston Sturges, Bing Crosby, and Marlene Dietrich. Paramount was know for it's wit and sexy elegance. Movies that came out of this studio were Monte Carlo, Trouble in Paradise, Morocco, and Shanghai Express. The tycoon of this studio was Adolph Zukor. Warner Brothers was a working man's studio. Film genres that came out of this studio were film noir, war films, gangster, weepies, and "women's films." Actors and directors from this studio include Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, and Ida Lupino. Jack L. Warner was the mogul for this studio. Movies that came out of this studio include Little Caesar, Public Enemy, and Confessions of a Nazi Spy. 20th Century Fox was known for action/adventure, soaps, disaster films, and social message films. The mogul for 20th Century Fox was Darryl Zanuck. Actors and directors from this studio include Betty Grable, Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, and Shirley Temple. Movies that were made at this studio were The Grapes of Wrath, Boomerang, and Pinky. RKO did musicals and mostly film noir. Pandro Berman and Howard Hughes were the tycoons of this studio. It was the only studio to disappear after Howard Hughes went bankrupt. Katharine Hepburn, Irene Dunne, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire were actors that worked for RKO. Movies that came out of this studio were Citizen Kane, Crossfire, and Vendetta.