Magazine article

By: John Houseman

Date: May 1950

Source: Houseman, John. "Battle Over Television: Hollywood Faces the Fifties: Part II." Harper's Magazine, 200, no. 1200, May 1950, 51–55.

About the Author: John Houseman (1902–1988), a native of Romania, was one of Hollywood's great twentieth century writers, directors, and producers, as well as an active spokesperson for the entire creative community. As an actor, he is best known to modern audiences for his performance as the crusty Professor Charles Kingsfield in the 1973 film The Paper Chase, and the subsequent television series of the same name.

Introduction

Although the motion picture was introduced to the American public around 1890, it was not until the 1915 that movies came of age. In that year, director D.W. Griffith electrified audiences with Birth of a Nation. Up until that...