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Hollywood in 1948

The Paramount antitrust decision accelerates the breakup of vertically integrated studio control over theaters.

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1948 · Dance drama

The Red Shoes

A dancer is torn between art and love in a Technicolor film whose ballet sequence dissolves stage and cinema.

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1948 · Crime drama

Key Largo

A hurricane traps Bogart and Bacall in a Florida hotel with a returning gangster.

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