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Author Ross, Steven Joseph.

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

Imprint New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Description xi, 500 p. : ill., ports.
Bibliography 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780199782413 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780195181722
9780199720484 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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