Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher—Television by Foster Hirsch
Fear: it hit Hollywood hard in the 50s, harder than it had ever been hit before.
The 30s and 40s had been heavenly for the studios and the audiences both. Buttressed by industrial, cultural, and political unity and strength, the hegemony of the studio system, the growing pastime of moviegoing, the enduring popular faith, so hard for us to understand now, in our leadership—three terms for F.D.R.!—and the American way of life made the Hollywood of the Depression and war years truly what, to many of us, it still is: golden.
