Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190102:05:52:00
Lives they wanted to live, the cars they wanted to drive, the clothes they wanted to wear. >> film was very escapist. people went to see fred and ginger rogers because they wanted to escape the misery they were living in during the war. >> hollywood was it. these were the gods and goddesses around whom america formed their dreams and their ideals. >> back in those days, there were movie magazines, portraits of movie stars one after another. they're the ones that are projecting style. so you had somebody like rita hayworth, ava gardner, they represented sort of the iconic ch-ch-ch. >> everyone ...