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Hollywood in 1952

Hollywood looks backward at its own transition to sound even as the business faces major structural change.

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1952 · Musical comedy

Singin’ in the Rain

Hollywood’s shift from silent pictures to talkies becomes the setup for one of the studio musical’s great self-portraits.

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1952 · Western

High Noon

A marshal waits nearly alone for a returning outlaw as the clock advances toward noon.

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