The MCU grew from a 2005 financing deal in which Marvel borrowed $525 million against its characters to make its own films, starting with Iron Man in 2008.
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Star Wars set box-office records, made merchandising a business of its own, pushed special effects and sound forward, and encouraged franchise filmmaking, though some historians say little of it was new.
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Filmmakers moved from New York to Southern California from about 1908 for climate, scenery and cheap land and labor. Scale effects and World War I then cemented Hollywood's lead.
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Some listeners were frightened, but historians say the nationwide panic is largely a myth, built on small audiences, thin anecdotes and newspaper exaggeration.
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From 1934 the Production Code steered Hollywood toward stricter morals, tamer sex and crime, and more conservative stories, until it faded in the 1950s and ended in 1968.
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SNL grew out of Johnny Carson's wish for more time off. NBC needed a Saturday replacement and gave Lorne Michaels the job of building a live comedy show for young viewers.
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The Oscars grew out of an academy founded in 1927 by MGM head Louis B. Mayer and others; the first awards were given at a private dinner on May 16, 1929.
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Recorded laughter began in radio, and CBS engineer Charley Douglass turned it into a TV tool from 1950, building a machine that added laughs on demand.
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Jaws paired a summer release with heavy TV advertising and a bestselling book tie-in. Star Wars two years later confirmed the pattern, so the credit is shared.
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Foley artists watch a finished scene and perform its everyday sounds live in a studio with props and surfaces, matching the action on screen. Engineers then add the recordings to the soundtrack.
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