The Postwar Years

S1 E5: The postwar years affected Hollywood as much as it did any other American industry during those pivotal transition years as America worked to return to its former normalcy. With a new system in place and a significant amount of name-value talent returning to their ranks in front of and behind the camera, it was time to resume churning historic cinema once again, now with a decidedly changing industry in a decidedly changed country. Americans craved escapist entertainment, and this vacuum of time in the country's history allowed just the phase for exactly that.