Hollywood is not only the oldest film industry in the world, it is also first in revenue.
I bet that people around the world know about Hollywood and the top actors just like they know Coke everywhere.
I bet that people around the world know about Hollywood and the top actors just like they know Coke everywhere.
The oldest is the French film industry (Gaumont still exists & is the oldest studio still in operation), closely followed by the British film industry (notably Ealing Studios, still the oldest continuously working film facility too).
Hell, the earliest American film industry was in Brooklyn. Hollywood happened initially due to it fleeing to the west coast to avoid patents (ironically) and later the cheaper land.