"Hollywood" is so synonymous with the motion picture industry that the word itself has become shorthand for it; how did this come to be the case? How were they able to establish and maintain (for nearly 100 years) such a dominant hold over the industry? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

"Hollywood" is so synonymous with the motion picture industry that the word itself has become shorthand for it; how did this come to be the case? How were they able to establish and maintain (for nearly 100 years) such a dominant hold over the industry?

by td4999

TendingTheirGarden

A very similar question was answered by /u/Strabbo in this post. /u/kirbyderwood also provides an answer lower in the thread explaining the Hollywood - Los Angeles dynamic.