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This week\u2019s episode serves as both a prolegomenon to our imminent Hollywood Studios Year By Year series and as a wistful look back to Dave\u2019s teen years, when he picked up Ethan Mordden\u2019s freewheeling speed date with Old Hollywood History and discovered a new way to split the difference between Adornian culture industry theory and auteurist ontology.

Journey back to a time when oligopoly really meant something and most entertainment companies weren\u2019t somehow beholden to Disney. We quote from and quibble with Mordden\u2019s characterizations of the quintessential qualities of Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers, Fox, RKO, and Universal (Dave gets particularly riled up about yet another slight to the sacred memory of Carl Laemmle Jr.).

What\u2019s your favourite Golden Age Studio? We want to know!

Time Codes:

0h 1m 00s:\xa0 \xa0The Hollywood Studios

2h 15m 43s\xa0\xa0\xa0 Listener Mail\xa0with Todd Murry

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Theme Music:

\u201cWhat\u2019s Yr Take on Cassavetes?\u201d \u2013 Le Tigre