This "Golden Age" saw the birth of major Hollywood studios and the development of sophisticated editing, lighting, and acting techniques that remain standard today. Beyond "Silent" and "Black-and-White"
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Characterized by short, one-shot "actualities" of daily life, such as the Lumière brothers' 1895 film of workers leaving a factory. This "Golden Age" saw the birth of major