Movie Stars Chess Pieces by Berkeley - Cardinal RedBoard Not Included The Golden Age of Hollywood is said to have begun in the late 1920s, from the end of the silent film era and continued through to the late 1950s. The 1927 film, The jazz Singer, signaled the end of the end to silent films and box office receipts started to climb. This new surge in film popularity gave Hollywood enough momentum for three decades of successful film making. During this magical era the big time studios MGM, Paramount,