ABSTRACT
Despite all the arguments of change in the films themselves, all the coming of sound caused was the solidification of the classic Hollywood narrative film style as 1930 commenced. This would remain the standard and Hollywood organized the studios to make these films in a regular, efficient manner. The process was organized with the regular production of scripts, shooting, editing, and corporate approval before release. To keep product flowing, stars were developed, personnel trained, sets built and maintained, all supervised by the head of studio production. This has been well argued by David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson-with its standardization through to the present day. But its base was the economics of the studio system-as fashioned by the coming of sound, as innovated by Adolph Zukor, and as reformulated by Lew Wasserman-creator of the modern media conglomerate, Universal Studios.
