Looking Back on Hollywood’s Second Golden Age Jake Blucker Hey Hollywooders! For this week’s HollyGOOD Tuesday we’re taking a look at the Second Golden Age of Hollywood. The 1920s and ‘60s are widely regarded as Hollywood’s Golden Age, but what many people may not know is that Hollywood had what was considered to be its Second Golden Age in the 1960s and ‘70s. This period of time is also known as New Hollywood, the Hollywood Renaissance, or American New Wave. New Hollywood brought about loosened restrictions on obscenity and controversial, non-family-friendly content in films. Hollywood’s Second Golden Age: Background