Postwar Hollywood is a comprehensive history of the American film industry, from 1946-1962.

• A comprehensive introductory textbook exploring the unique period in the history of the film industry after World War II
• Examines the cultural history, business practices, new technologies, censorship standards, emerging genres, and styles of post-war cinema
• Chronicles the restructuring of Hollywood cinema against the backdrop of the major political, economic, and social changes taking place after World War II
• Features in-depth discussions of important films from Picnic, The Heiress, and From Here to Eternity, to Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Love Me or Leave Me
• Illustrates the culture/filmmaking interface, and demonstrates the triumphs and failures of Hollywood's new methods of business