000456202 000__ 04149cam\a2200493Ia\4500 000456202 001__ 456202 000456202 005__ 20220607103330.0 000456202 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000456202 007__ cr\cnu---unuuu 000456202 008__ 130322s2011\\\\nyua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000456202 020__ $$a9780199720484 (electronic bk.) 000456202 020__ $$a0199720487 (electronic bk.) 000456202 020__ $$z9780195181722 000456202 020__ $$z0195181727 000456202 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn751994437 000456202 035__ $$a(OCoLC)751994437 000456202 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492581 000456202 035__ $$a456202 000456202 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$cN$T$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCQ$$dCDX$$dE7B$$dWAU$$dOCLCQ 000456202 043__ $$an-us--- 000456202 049__ $$aISEA 000456202 050_4 $$aE743$$b.R675 2011eb 000456202 08204 $$a791.4302/8092273$$222 000456202 1001_ $$aRoss, Steven Joseph. 000456202 24510 $$aHollywood left and right$$h[electronic resource] :$$bhow movie stars shaped American politics /$$cSteven J. Ross. 000456202 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2011. 000456202 300__ $$a1 online resource (xi, 500 p.) :$$bill. 000456202 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000456202 5050_ $$aIntroduction: movie stars and politics -- The first political movie star: Charlie Chaplin -- The man who brought Hollywood into the Republican Party: Louis B. Mayer -- Little Caesar and the HUAC mob: Edward G. Robinson -- Hollywood and the conservative revolution: George Murphy and Ronald Reagan -- Politics in black and white: Harry Belafonte -- Movement leader, grassroots builder: Jane Fonda -- Moses and the red tide: Charlton Heston -- President Bulworth, or, will Mr. Beatty go to Washington?: Warren Beatty -- Governor Arnold and the age of celebrity politics: Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Epilogue. 000456202 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000456202 520__ $$aFrom the publisher. In Hollywood Left and Right, Steven J. Ross tells a story that has escaped public attention: the emergence of Hollywood as a vital center of political life and the important role that movie stars have played in shaping the course of American politics. Ever since the film industry relocated to Hollywood early in the twentieth century, it has had an outsized influence on American politics. Through compelling larger-than-life figures in American cinema -- Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Edward G. Robinson, George Murphy, Ronald Reagan, Harry Belafonte, Jane Fonda, Charlton Heston, Warren Beatty, and Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Hollywood Left and Right reveals how the film industry's engagement in politics has been longer, deeper, and more varied than most people would imagine. As shown in alternating chapters, the Left and the Right each gained ascendancy in Tinseltown at different times. From Chaplin, whose movies almost always displayed his leftist convictions, to Schwarzenegger's nearly seamless transition from action blockbusters to the California governor's mansion, Steven J. Ross traces the intersection of Hollywood and political activism from the early twentieth century to the present. Hollywood Left and Right challenges the commonly held belief that Hollywood has always been a bastion of liberalism. The real story, as Ross shows in this passionate and entertaining work, is far more complicated. First, Hollywood has a longer history of conservatism than liberalism. Second, and most surprising, while the Hollywood Left was usually more vocal and visible, the Right had a greater impact on American political life, capturing a senate seat (Murphy), a governorship (Schwarzenegger), and the ultimate achievement, the Presidency (Reagan). 000456202 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000456202 650_0 $$aMotion picture industry$$zUnited States$$xInfluence. 000456202 650_0 $$aMotion picture producers and directors$$xPolitical activity$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000456202 650_0 $$aMotion picture actors and actresses$$xPolitical activity$$zUnited States$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000456202 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y20th century. 000456202 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000456202 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aRoss, Steven Joseph.$$tHollywood left and right.$$dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2011$$z9780195181722$$w(DLC) 2011006037$$w(OCoLC)681503805 000456202 8520_ $$bacq 000456202 85280 $$bebk$$hEBSCOhost 000456202 85640 $$3EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=385378$$zOnline Access 000456202 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:456202$$pGLOBAL_SET 000456202 980__ $$aEBOOK 000456202 980__ $$aBIB 000456202 982__ $$aEbook 000456202 983__ $$aOnline 000456202 994__ $$a92$$bISE 000456202 999__ $$z634994593219381649