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Keywords: Mgm, Paramount, Warner, Bros, Fox
In the movie industry, the largest film distributors. Examples are Twentieth Century Fox, Buena Vista, Paramount, and Universal.
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the principal production studios in the golden era of Hollywood filmmaking (1930's and 1940's) which included: MGM, Warner Brothers, RKO, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
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The 'big' distributors such as Disney, Village Roadshow, Warner Bros., MGM and 20th Century Fox.
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A term for the most powerful film companies in the U.S. industry. In the 1920s, the Majors were also knows as the "Big Three" and consisted of Paramount-Publix, Loew's (MGM), and First National. During the 1930s, the Majors (now the "Big Five") were MGM, Paramount, 20th Century-Fox, Warner Bros., and RKO. Before 1948, the Majors achieved their status because they had a high degree of vertical integration. Today the Majors consist of several production-distribution companies owned by media conglomerates, such as Universal Vivendi and AOL Time-Warner.
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a distributor of medical, technical, and educational publications located in metro Dallas, Texas
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Refers to record companies that are part of one of the six large entertainment conglomerates. masterpiece - The unattainable perfect piece that can always be used as a metaphorical yardstick to discourage, distract, and wound oneself or others. The big bill in aesthetic currency printed by self-appointed cultural caretakers and paid out posthumously.
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The major Hollywood studios are MGM/UA, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal and Disney.
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The major Hollywood movie producer-distributor studios.
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The major Hollywood movie producer/distributor studio s (MGM/UA, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Universal, and Disney).
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