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

By: Ross, Steven JosephContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: xi, 500 p. : ill., portsISBN: 9780199720484 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Motion picture industry -- United States -- Influence | Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Motion picture actors and actresses -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.4302/8092273 LOC classification: E743 | .R675 2011Online resources: Click to View
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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