Thomas Gibbons Aylesworth Knihy

In 1946, after World War ll, television began to burst up on the American scence with a speed unforeseen even by the most optimistic leaders of the industry.

Presents the story of the studio and the stars that turned out such films as "Public Enemy," "Little Caesar," "Forty Second Street," "Casablanca," "Streetcar Named Desire," "Bonnie and Clyde," and "Superman"