Hollywood left and right [electronic resource] : how movie stars shaped American politics / Steven J. Ross.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xi, 500 p. : ill., portsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4302/8092273 22
LOC classification:
  • E743 .R675 2011eb
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Contents:
Introduction : movie stars and politics -- The first political movie star : Charlie Chaplin -- The man who brought Hollywood into the Republican Party : Louis B. Mayer -- Little Caesar and the HUAC mob : Edward G. Robinson -- Hollywood and the conservative revolution : George Murphy and Ronald Reagan -- Politics in black and white : Harry Belafonte -- Movement leader, grassroots builder : Jane Fonda -- Moses and the red tide : Charlton Heston -- President Bulworth, or, will Mr. Beatty go to Washington? : Warren Beatty -- Governor Arnold and the age of celebrity politics : Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : movie stars and politics -- The first political movie star : Charlie Chaplin -- The man who brought Hollywood into the Republican Party : Louis B. Mayer -- Little Caesar and the HUAC mob : Edward G. Robinson -- Hollywood and the conservative revolution : George Murphy and Ronald Reagan -- Politics in black and white : Harry Belafonte -- Movement leader, grassroots builder : Jane Fonda -- Moses and the red tide : Charlton Heston -- President Bulworth, or, will Mr. Beatty go to Washington? : Warren Beatty -- Governor Arnold and the age of celebrity politics : Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Epilogue.

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