Western slapstick comedy musical animated cartoon biographical Cedric Gibbons Herbert Stothart MGM Alfred Newman 20th Century Fox Cecil B. De Mille Paramount Henry King 20th Century Fox comedy Hollywood
Most Hollywood pictures adhered closely to a formula – Western, slapstick comedy, musical, animated cartoon, biographical – and the same creative teams often worked on films made by the same studio. For example, Cedric Gibbons and Herbert Stothart always worked on MGM films, Alfred Newman worked at 20th Century Fox for twenty years, Cecil B. De Mille's films were almost all made at Paramount, and director Henry King's films were mostly made for 20th Century Fox.
