Hollywood and the Movies of the FiftiesBy: Foster Hirsch A fascinating look at Hollywoods most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio systemset against the boom of the postWorld War II years, the Cold War, and the atomic ageand the movies that reflected the seismic shifts The definitive book on 1950s Hollywood. Booklist Lavish. . . insightful, rich, expansive, penetrating. Kirkus Hollywood in the 1950s was a period when the film industry both set conventions and broke norms and