Ronald Reagan in Hollywood - Stephen Vaughn

Ronald Reagan in Hollywood

Movies and Politics

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
400 Seiten
1994
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-44080-6 (ISBN)
105,95 inkl. MwSt
Steven Vaughn's book explores the relationship between the motion picture industry and American politics through the prism of Reagan's film career at Warner Bros.
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood explores the relationship between the motion picture industry and American politics through the prism of Reagan's film career at Warner Bros. During the Depression, World War II, and the early Cold War era, the film industry served as a 'grand, world-wide propaganda base' using movies to influence attitudes about patriotism, national defence, communism, the welfare state, race, sex, and civil liberties. Ronald Reagan thrived in this environment. During his years in Hollywood from 1937 to 1952 he formed many of the ideas which were later carried into his presidency. Not merely a star, Reagan also became an articulate industry spokesperson and skilled propagandist, playing an important role in the battle to 'capture the minds' of humanity in the struggle against communism. By the time he left Warner Bros. in 1952, Reagan had abandoned his New Deal liberalism and had become a militant anti-communist. Based on hundreds of interviews (including some with Reagan himself), formerly secret FBI files, and material from more than 150 archival collections, this is the most comprehensive book on this subject to date, providing incisive analysis of Reagan's formative years in Hollywood.

Preface; Part I. The Making of a Star: 1. Dixon; 2. Learning to Communicate; 3. From Rags to Riches; 4. Reform; 5. Stereotypes and Taboos; 6. The Inertia Projector; 7. Lessons from the Past; 8. Warmongering; 9. Flying a Desk for the Army Air Corps; Part II. The Making of an Anti-Communist: 10. A False Start; 11. Labor and the Rise to Power; 12. The 'Un-Americans'; 13. Eclipse of Liberalism; 14. Black Dignity; 15. Selling Hollywood; 16. 'To Capture the Minds of Men'; 17. Loyalty; 18. A Troubled Time: Movies and Divorce; 19. 'A Fork in the River'; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index; Photographs.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.1.1994
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication
Zusatzinfo 29 Halftones, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 159 x 236 mm
Gewicht 700 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
ISBN-10 0-521-44080-7 / 0521440807
ISBN-13 978-0-521-44080-6 / 9780521440806
Zustand Neuware
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