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Hollywood in 1934

Strict Production Code enforcement begins reshaping what mainstream Hollywood can show and say.

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1934 · Romantic comedy

It Happened One Night

A runaway heiress and a reporter share a road trip in the fast, intimate comedy that became a genre template.

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1934 · Mystery comedy

The Thin Man

A cocktail-dry murder mystery powered by the chemistry of married detectives Nick and Nora Charles.

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1934 · Musical comedy

The Gay Divorcee

An early Astaire-Rogers vehicle that established the pair’s elegant dance-comedy formula.

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