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Hollywood in 1928

Studios race to convert to sound while filmmakers experiment with hybrid silent-and-sound forms.

Films in the collection

The year pages are designed to grow as more films, people, premieres, and places are added.

1928 · Drama

The Crowd

An unusually unsentimental studio-era portrait of ordinary urban aspiration and disappointment.

Built to expand: the next editorial layer can add Academy Awards, box-office context, studio milestones, births, deaths, openings, closings, and “what was playing this week” modules without changing the page structure.

Archival image

Hollywood & Vine, 1928

Selected to add real visual context to this year in Hollywood.

Archive note

This year now has visual anchors

As the archive grows, the yearly pages can move beyond text summaries into richer visual histories tied to streets, stars, landmarks, and film ephemera.

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