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To many people, the word Hollywood has ( a ) meanings. Hollywood is an area
in Los Angeles. Hollywood is also the American movie industry.
Hollywood was just farmland at the beginning of the 20th century. Early American
movies were made in other places; for example, in New York and Chicago.
In 1917 a director was making a movie in Chicago. Because of cold weather, he
couldn't finish the movie. He took a trip to southern California, and there he found just
the weather and *scenery he needed to finish his movie. The director realized that
The next year his
southern California was the perfect place for making movies.
company built a movie studio in Hollywood. Other companies followed. Before long
nearly all important American movie studios were in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
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The next thirty years were Hollywood's greatest years. Thousands of movies were
made, most by a few large and powerful studios. Directors, actors, and writers worked
for these studios. They made some movies that today are considered great art.
its high point in these years.
Hollywood, the area in Los Angeles, also reached (イ)
Many famous and glamorous movie stars, like Bette Davis and Clark Gable, lived in
Hollywood.
