Even during the parochial Hays Code and Hollywood blacklisting over supposed alleged communist connections, cinema brimmed with multi-dimensional onscreen characters all throughout the 1950s. But which of them are actually the greatest of all time?
In the fallout of World War II, cinema thrived as both an artform and a business, with Hollywood movies ruled by the sway of movie stars and foreign cinema emerging as an enriching alternative. Even when the movies themselves were literally in black and white, characters of ‘50s cinema were colorful, conveying the wide spectrum of humanity – the good, the bad, and the shades between.
