Chapter 20: Hollywood's Big Three!

"John, it's a once-in-a-millennium time to see you at City Hall." From the second floor of the town hall, a group of well-dressed men, led by a tall, thin man, about fifty years of age, came up and gave John Ford a bear hug.

Victor showed little interest in the gang, and his eyes fell on a woman in the crowd.

Ingrid Bergman.

I didn't expect to meet here again.

Ingrid Bergman was dressed differently from the last time I saw her, a white cashmere jacket, simple, pure, with her hair coiled up, and a simple crown-style diamond decoration on her head, the whole person was elegant and sophisticated.

"Victor, come on, I'll introduce you." John Ford pulled Victor and came to the gang with a happy look.

"This is our mayor of Hollywood, Gianny Grant." John Ford gestured to the tall, lanky man.

"Just call me Gianni, hehehe, the mayor is a name, I'm a gangster." Grant was very kind and laughed like an orange full of surroundings.

"This is Adolf Chuck, the owner of Paramount Pictures." John Ford pointed to a balding old man, who was very short and fat.

Adolf Chuck? What the hell does it look like? Victor couldn't laugh or cry.

In Hollywood and even in the entire history of American cinema, the only one who can compete with MGM is Paramount.

Like MGM, Paramount Pictures wasn't founded from the start. The soul of this film company is also the boss behind it, which is the fat man Adolf Chuck.

In 1912, Adolf Chuck founded the Famous Actors Company, which from the very beginning of its establishment, Adolf Chuck paid special attention to the discovery of actors, so the company grew rapidly.

In 1913, Laski became the Jesse Laski Feature Film Company, which mainly focused on shooting short films, and the benefits were also very good, in 1916, the two film companies merged to form the famous actor - Laski Company, with Chuck as the head, the following year, this new company quickly merged 12 production companies, and then merged the Paramount Film Distribution Company, and in 1927 it was officially renamed Paramount-Famous Actor-Lasky Company, in 1930, In 1933, the company declared bankruptcy due to leadership conflicts, and in 1935, it was reorganized to establish Paramount Pictures, and Adolf Chuck was always the head.

Throughout the history of Paramount, it can be seen that from the very beginning, this film company has been constantly swallowing up other film companies, which has a lot to do with the character of Adolf Chuuk himself.

As one of the two great Hollywood people, the difference between Adolf Chuck and Louis Meyer is that Louis Meyer is thoughtful and has a steady personality, while Adolf Chuck has a personality of ups and downs, and is extremely heroic.

Adolf Chuck, this name, whether for the development of Hollywood movies or shijie movies, has an important meaning, it can be said that the reason why Hollywood is brilliant has a lot to do with this person.

Victor couldn't have imagined that Adolf Chuck, the two giants of Hollywood, would be such a dead fat man with an unattractive appearance.

"Hello, Mr. Chuck." Victor held out his hand politely.

"Hmm." Adolf Chuck was smoking a pipe, and seemed to be in a bad mood, and he didn't look much at Victor.

Come to think of it, it is understandable that in the eyes of Adolf Chuck, Victor is a chick.

"This is Mr. Laimer, the owner of Universal Pictures." John Ford pointed to a tall, dark-faced old man.

Carl Lemmer is the owner of Universal Pictures. Founded in 1912, Universal Pictures is arguably one of the earliest of Hollywood's eight major studios, and Carl Lemmer, the owner of the American Independent Film Company, annexed six or seven other small companies to form Universal Pictures, which quickly developed into Hollywood's top studio.

Especially in the 30s, Universal produced a large number of low-budget films, such as musicals, westerns and horror films, etc., making a lot of profits, making Universal Pictures strong.

However, due to problems with business strategy, Universal developed slowly during the Great Depression, and after falling behind other film companies, it fell from the throne of first-class film companies and became the bottom of the eight major film companies.

However, despite this, Karl Lemmer's influence in Hollywood is also enormous.

"This is one of the owners of Warner Bros. Pictures, Sam Warner." John Ford introduces a young man in his forties who wears a suit and a mustache.

Warner Bros. Films, one of Hollywood's eight major studios, is probably the most distinctive and interesting of the eight major studios.

The film company was founded in Burbank in 1918 by Harry Warner, Albert Warner, Sam Warner, and Jack Warner.

The Warner brothers were Polish immigrants who made their fortune by showing films in their early years, officially entered Hollywood in 1918, and established Warner Bros. Pictures on their own in 1923 by bankers.

The development of Warner Bros. has been tortuous, from the beginning it is a small company, the production of low-cost movies, what really makes Warner Bros. famous is a dog called Ding Ding, by shooting a series of movies with this dog as the protagonist, Warner Bros. accumulated original funds, and then Warner Bros. successively signed famous directors such as Liu Bieqian and many excellent actors, and through loans to annex Hollywood's early imperial company Vittegrave Film Company, and gradually expanded.

What finally made Warner Bros. soar to the top was the sound movie. At a time when companies like MGM and Paramount were not interested in sound films, Warner Bros. sensitively discovered the future of this new film form, invested in the first sound film in film history, and became the most popular film company in Hollywood after Michael and Paramount.

Unlike the intrigues of other film companies, the four Warner brothers work together, and each of them has their own division of labor and skills, which is one of the important reasons for Warner Bros.'s success.

The few people in front of him made Victor a little excited. This is a man who made history.

"This is Ingrid......" Victor smiled when John Ford introduced Ingrid Bergman.

"Miss Bergman, we're meeting again." Victor said politely.

Ingrid Bergman was obviously impressed by Victor, and when she saw Victor, she smiled: "That day, I was really embarrassed. ”

"You guys, acquaintance?" John Ford and the others looked at Victor and Ingrid Bergman in amazement.