By
contrast,
the Los Angeles region was full of advantages. In California, they could make films all
through the year; and everything was cheaper. In particular, there was lots of land for sale.
The movie-makers found what they needed a few miles outside Los Angeles; and before
long, large new studios were being built in an area called Hollywood, at the foot of some small
dry hills. Movies quickly became very popular, particularly after "talkies" first appeared in 1925.
Nevertheless, movies were expensive to make, and film companies needed money - lots of it. For
this reason, Hollywood rapidly became (3)
dominated
by a small number of big companies such
as MGM, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. and Paramount. Since then, the big companies have
had their (4)
ups and downs
, but most of them are still there. Some old names have disappeared,
but some new ones have appeared, companies like Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg's company
Amblin.(5)
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