TY - BOOK ID - 135508846 TI - Hollywood left and right : how movie stars shaped American politics PY - 2011 SN - 0199911436 1283232138 9786613232137 0199720487 9780199720484 9780195181722 0195181727 6613232130 9780199911431 9781283232135 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, DB - UniCat KW - Motion picture actors and actresses -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century. KW - Motion picture industry -- United States -- Influence. KW - Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century. KW - United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. KW - Motion picture industry KW - Motion picture producers and directors KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - Influence KW - Political activity KW - History KW - United States KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135508846 AB - 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, a ER -