What happened to the good old days??

I know there's a lot of romance to that era and I miss it too. (I was born in 1951). But there's some dark sides to that rat pack mentality too. I can remember that left handed drink, right handed cigarette very well. There was also a machismo that was part of the package. I'm not suggesting that it always played out in real life, but it was embraced in the movies and entered some real lives. In fact, I recently saw a movie and was knocked off my chair to see Cary Grant wallop some actress lady in a boat or convertible. (I can't recall which). But since I grew up in that era, I now realize that subconsciously that mentality was in some ways spawned and absorbed, giving the wrong signals to both men and women. No wonder we're conflicted. But I just LOVE the shoes and dresses of the era. I actually feel nostalgia for the early 1900s.