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Hollywood in 1956

Epic productions and widescreen formats grow while older contract-star structures continue to loosen.

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1956 · Western

The Searchers

A Civil War veteran conducts a years-long search whose obsession complicates the Western hero myth.

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1956 · Epic drama

Giant

Texas wealth, oil, family conflict, and social change unfold across decades in Dean’s final film.

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1956 · Musical

The King and I

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s stage musical becomes a widescreen spectacle set in nineteenth-century Siam.

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