The very first film, A Star Is Born, was released back in 1937 starring Janet Gaynor (as the famous actress who was the very first to win the Academy Award for Best Actress)....
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Cylinder
You can't help but like this movie, and there are three reasons for that: Fred Astaire, 11 songs to words and music by Irving Berlin, and a fair amount of comedy between the numbers...
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The Wizard of Oz
A girl, Dorothy (Garland), and her dog, Toto, are swept by a hurricane from Kansas to a magical land. In the company of Scarecrow (Bolger)...
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Stagnation and experimentation
In the 1950s, Hollywood had a major enemy: television. Movies for a long time controlled only a few studios, and they could decide what to show viewers and what to limit their choice....
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Gentlemen prefer blondes
Howard Hawks' famous film with the dazzling duo of Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell sparklingly tells a light, naughty and strikingly hilarious story about the nature of a beauty's love for the rich dowry...
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