Historian William Mann On How The 1918 Spanish Flu Changed Hollywood Forever & How COVID-19 Might Too
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deadline.comBy Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV The year was 1918. As World War I was ending, the Spanish Flu began ravaging the world.
Within a year, it killed 675,000 Americans and 50 million worldwide — 10 million more than those who perished in the war. There are several parallels between the response to the Spanish Flu and COVID-19 in the U.S.
In both cases, states of emergency were declared; all public places, including movie theaters and schools, were closed for months; and wearing face masks in public was recommended.
The Spanish flu pandemic brought about cataclysmic changes in the film business, most of them orchestrated by Adolph Zukor. It led to the establishment of the studio system, which continues to dominate Hollywood, and
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