A. Read the text and complete it with the word combinations (a— h). Give the text a name.
I a) the home of the Am erican film industry
I b) who lived on the farm near
I c) a great success
1 d) in the early 1890s
I e) to make film s
I f ) and all his actors
1 g) w ith an invitation to visit a farm
I h) build a film studio
W h y do many Am erican film companies
have offices and studios in Hollywood,
California? Do you know it all started
(1)... ?
The Am erican film industry began (2)... in
New York, the financial capital of Am erica. The industry developed very quickly
as the technology developed. The first
film s were black and white and silent. As
directors learnt more about film ing, they
made longer and longer film s. Later came colour movies we see today.
Bu t in the old days, when the first film s appeared, people made them in
small studios or in the streets. Then, in 1907, a producer in Chicago
was making a film called The Count of M onte Cristo, and part of the
film was set at the seaside. He didn’t want to (3)... which looked like a
seaside, he wanted a real thing. The producer had a friend (4)... the
small town of Hollywood. This friend had invited the producer to visit
him. So the producer took all his film crew (5)... w ith him and they
made part of the film at the seaside near Hollywood. The film was
(6)... . A fter that many film companies came to Hollywood (7)... . The
town got bigger and bigger and many studios were built.
Hollywood became (8)... .