Kammala wannan magana: Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo na Bette Davis na tsufa a cikin "Duk Game da Hauwa'u" (1950) ya ci gaba da lashe Oscars shida a gasar
Academy Awards; tambayoyin da ke damun shugaban rundunar 'yan bindiga Gregory Peck a cikin "Twelve O'Clock High" (1949) ya kalubalanci kishin kasa a lokacin yaki. Dukansu sun nuna ikon Zanuck na ƙirƙirar akwatin akwatin akwatin ta hanyar fina-finai masu ban mamaki tare da bincike mai zurfi game da buƙatun, duniyoyi masu tsari. Zanuck ya ci gaba da magance matsalolin zamantakewa da sauran ɗakunan karatu ba za su taɓa ba, amma ya yi tuntuɓe tare da ayyukan manufa. "Wilson" (1944), wani fim mai tsada wanda bai yi nasara ba a ofishin akwatin, da kuma ƙoƙari na yin fim na "One World", wani abin tunawa da ɗan siyasa Wendell Willkie na yawon shakatawa na Turai da ya lalace, wani aikin da aka dakatar da shi kafin a fara harbi.