a wit, style, skill, and elegance that has never been equalled. Rouben Mamoulian, a successful Broadway director, refused to keep the cumbersome sound cameras pinned to the studio floor, and demonstrated a graceful, rhythmic, fluid, choreographed flowing style to his films - with his directorial debut 1929 film Applause. Mastery of techniques for the sound era were also demonstrated with many films, by combining a mobile camera with inventive, rapid-fire dialogue and quick-editing. After 1932, the development of sound-mixing freed films from the limitations of recording on sets and locations. Scripts from writers were becoming more advanced with witty dialogue, realistic characters, and plots. The first film, though a short one, produced in three-color Technicolor was Walt Disney's animated story Flowers and Trees, which came out in 1932. Hollywood's first full-length feature film photographed entirely in three-strip Technicolor was Rouben Mamoulian's Becky Sharp in 1935. In the late 30s, two beloved films, The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, both in 1939, were expensively produced with Technicolor. Special-effects processes were advanced by the late 1930s, making it possible for many more films to be shot on sets rather than on-location. In 1937, the first feature-length animated film was premiered by Walt Disney Studios - which was becoming quickly known for it's sophisticated animation - was a milestone for all cinema. It was the classic cartoon story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.The American film industry was extremely popular, prosperous, powerful and productive during the 40s. The four "P;s" every industry wants to achieve. Hollywood film production reached its peak during the years 1943 to 1946, more than a full decade after the rise of sound film production. The world was headed toward warfare in the early to mid-1940s, and the movie industry, like every other aspect of life, responded by making movies - producing ma...
