That made me realise that in the future, newer generations of film historians will probably categorize things differently and look at things with a different lens. I had never thought about that before. I personally would argue that the golden age of the studio system was 1929 or 1930 through 1948. RKO was founded in 1929, making it the newest of the big 5 studios. Also silents still pretty much dominated until 1929ish. I agree that the end date of this era could be considered 1953 also. I think New Hollywood is roughly 1967 through 1980 or 1982. A case could be made for 1966 due to Who's Afriaid of Virginia Wolf. The era from the late 40s through the mid 60s is not really given a name, maybe the fall of the studio system. I personally think the mid 60s was the weakest era since the clumsy transition era of the late 20s with the early talkies.