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I've been watching a lot of Twilight Zone lately. While it came at the tailend of the Golden Era, Rod Serling was a member of the GI Generation. Many episodes of the show depict, in an almost adoring fashion, the 1880s or 1890s; See the idyllic Willoughby or Homeville, Indiana in different episodes, all penned by Serling. Serling seems to idealized the 1880s/1890s as a simple, quiet, innocent age that knew nothing of tanks or the Atom Bomb or Germ Warfare; As a man living in the "fast paced" and loud 1950s/early 1960s under the shadow of the Mushroom Cloud, a quaint, quiet time even before the automobile perhaps did indeed seem ideal, innocent, remote. Serling's 1880s and early 1890s are a peaceful heaven of band concerts, modest and decent ladies, friendly gentleman; a time of booming peace and prosperity sandwiched between the Civil War and America's ascent into becoming a World Power.
That said, I'm curious if there are films from the 1920s through 1960s which take place in America in this period - anywhere from 1880 to 1897 - that like Serling's stories, depict it as an idyllic period?
That said, I'm curious if there are films from the 1920s through 1960s which take place in America in this period - anywhere from 1880 to 1897 - that like Serling's stories, depict it as an idyllic period?