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'50s Oscars: Glorified Cheer and Discarded Noir
'50s Oscars: Glorified Cheer and Discarded Noir

Seeing that this was the decade that cemented the notion of Americana as ideal and continued to ride the jingoistic wave of the post-war late ‘40s, it scarcely comes as a surprise that the Academy would want to rise above the grim immorality on display in these films.

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