He was Hollywood when it made good movies, wasn’t dominated by weirdos, and when the bulk of the people involved in the film industry appreciated this country and were loyal Americans. How times have changed!
There were plenty of weirdos then. The studios made the effort to covered it up. Read Chaplin’s biography! The Chaplin movie (starring Downey) just scratches the surface.
In addition, almost all Americans were normal people then, too. Not the constant freak show we have today.
Serious times command serious people. There were no more serious times than WW I to the Depression, WW II, and the Korean War.
We are living in not-serious times where we indulge all the weirdos, allow bums and drugs to control our cities, and allow communist insurgents to roam free and destroy the USA.