Poverty Row

Poverty Row ( German slum, where Row could represent not only row but also for spectacle, slapstick ) was a term that was used in Hollywood slang for the group of small and very small film studios, from the cheaper area of Hollywood, off Sunset Boulevard was home to around today's Gower Street and mostly low-budget films brought out.

As distinct from the major Hollywood studios (MGM, Paramount, Fox, Warner, RKO, Universal, Columbia, United Artists ), the term was coined in the late silent era and referred immediately - regardless of geographical location - on any small film companies, which initially had no own stars, the equipment had to borrow frequently and produced so-called B-movies with little effort. Most Poverty Row studios disappeared after a short time.

Importance given Republic Pictures, where John Wayne in several low-budget westerns, but also the John Ford classic The winner was involved, and Harry Cohn's CBC film company, emerged from the Columbia Pictures. Among the best known studios also included the right durable Monogram Pictures with ao the series of Charlie Chan (originally from Fox) and the East Side Kids / Bowery Boys and PRC ( Producers Releasing Corporation) with ao various fuzzy Western and recognized film noir classic Detour.

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