<P> The case reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948 ; their verdict went against the movie studios , forcing all of them to divest themselves of their movie theater chains . This , coupled with the advent of television and the attendant drop in movie ticket sales , brought about a severe slump in the movie business , a slump that would not be reversed until 1972 , with the release of The Godfather , the first modern blockbuster . </P>
<P> The case reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1948 ; their verdict went against the movie studios , forcing all of them to divest themselves of their movie theater chains . This , coupled with the advent of television and the attendant drop in movie ticket sales , brought about a severe slump in the movie business , a slump that would not be reversed until 1972 , with the release of The Godfather , the first modern blockbuster . </P>
what year did the supreme court rule that the studios had to sell their studios
what year did the supreme court rule that the studios had to sell their studios
1948
1948