May 16, 2003

Hollywood's Pre-Blockbuster Golden Era

By THOMAS DOHERTY

Golden ages reside snugly in the past, the scuff marks on the original polished clean by the mists of memory: the glory that was Greece, the congenial spot that was Camelot, the strobe-light rave that was Studio 54. In the annals of Hollywood cinema, to speak of a golden age is to evoke the gleaming output of the studio system, the storied era that glowed brightest in the golden year of 1939 with The Wizard of Oz, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Gone With the Wind, and numerous more certifiable

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