important or unimportant back then

It's interesting to watch Turner Classic Movies, especially when we compare yesterday's mores to today's and we see what was considered important or unimportant back then. I find the adjustment fairly easy to make. Usually. Then, on March 5, I came across the following Elizabeth Taylor in their monthly guide...

RHAPSODY (1954): a wealthy socialite is torn between the classical violonist who excites her and the pianist who needs her.

It makes me feel old to see what movie subjects were around the year before I was born, and that the only way this plot would work today would be as a comedy, possibly with Ben Stiller.