After World War II, the wholesomeness of American movies faced a tidal wave of change—from outside, as a growing number of provocative foreign films made their way to the U.S., and from within, as car culture flowered and drive-in theaters sprang up across the country. This program documents the period, from the birth of art house cinema to the ascent of boundary-busting American actors and directors like Marlon Brando and Stanley Kubrick. Studying the shifting moral standards that Hollywood, Italian cinema, and the French New Wave signaled—and which the Catholic Legion of Decency resisted tooth and nail—the program features groundbreaking scenes from The Miracle, Baby Doll, Lolita, and other films. The 1952 Supreme Court decision granting First Amendment protection to motion pictures is also highlighted. (59 minutes)