Offering innovative camera work, spectacular sets, a cast of hundreds, and expressive choreography, the achievement of this frothy delight is especially impressive considering the early challenges of live sound recording.

The Broadway Melody

The Broadway Melody in 35mm with Kenneth Turan

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Three US servicemen (Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell) return to their hometown and struggle with the challenges of postwar life in this epic drama.

The Best Years of Our Lives

A groundbreaking romantic war epic, William A. Wellman’s Wings became the first film to win an Oscar, for Outstanding Picture (the category now known as Best Picture).

Wings

This epic adaptation of the 1929 German novel by Erich Maria Remarque offers a staunch and enduring antiwar message through the eyes of German soldiers during World War I.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Janet Gaynor took home the first-ever Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a down-on-her-luck woman whose life is saved by an upstanding street cleaner (Charles Farrell).

The Broadway Melody in 35mm

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