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Critchlow Donald T. <1948-> |
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When Hollywood was right : how movie stars, studio moguls, and big business remade American politics / / Donald T. Critchlow, Arizona State University [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-139-88996-6 |
1-107-70223-2 |
1-107-70350-6 |
1-107-68712-8 |
1-107-59782-X |
1-139-02710-7 |
1-107-66463-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Soggetti |
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Motion picture producers and directors - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century |
Motion picture actors and actresses - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century |
Motion picture industry - United States - Influence |
United States Politics and government 1945- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Setting the stage in the 1930s: Republicans on defense -- Anti-communism comes to Hollywood -- The Red Scare hits Hollywood -- Nixon plays Hollywood -- The Hollywood right goes for Goldwater and finds Reagan -- Ronald Reagan: triumph and decline of the Hollywood right. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Hollywood was not always a bastion of liberalism. Following World War II, an informal alliance of movie stars, studio moguls and Southern California business interests formed to revitalize a factionalized Republican Party. Coming together were stars such as John Wayne, Robert Taylor, George Murphy and many others, who joined studio heads Cecil B. DeMille, Louis B. Mayer, Walt Disney and Jack Warner to |
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