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When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics Hardcover - 2013

by Donald T. Critchlow


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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 rebuild the Republican Party. They found support among a large group of business leaders who poured money and skills into this effort, which paid off with the election of George Murphy to the U.S. Senate and of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan to the highest office in the nation. This is an exciting story based on extensive new research that will forever change how we think of Hollywood politics.

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  • Title When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics
  • Author Donald T. Critchlow
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition New
  • Pages 235
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Date 2013-10-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780521199186 / 0521199182
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 5.9 x 1 in (23.11 x 14.99 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Film
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Politics and government -, Motion picture industry - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013015873
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.973

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