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Hollywood left and right : how movie stars shaped American politics
- Title
- Hollywood left and right : how movie stars shaped American politics / Steven J. Ross.
- Author
- Ross, Steven Joseph.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | ILH 12-830 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 500 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Motion picture actors and actresses > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century
- United States > Politics and government > 20th century
- Motion picture industry > United States > Influence
- Motion picture producers and directors > Political activity > United States > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- ILH 12-830
- ISBN
- 9780195181722
- 0195181727
- LCCN
- 2011006037
- OCLC
- 681503805
- Author
- Ross, Steven Joseph.
- Title
- Hollywood left and right : how movie stars shaped American politics / Steven J. Ross.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- ILH 12-830