Introduction / Iwan Morgan -- Transition : the making of screen presidents / Ian Scott -- D.W. Griffith's Lincoln / Melvyn Stokes -- The "picture man" : the cinematic strife of Theodore Roosevelt / Brian Neve -- Darryl F. Zanuck's Wilson (1944) / Mark Wheeler -- The "confidence" president : Franklin D. Roosevelt in film / Harry Keyishian -- The cinematic Kennedy : Thirteen days and the burnishing of an image / Mark White -- The president impeached : Tennessee Johnson and Nixon / Iwan Morgan -- Oliver Stone's improbable "W." / Kingsley Marshall
Summary
Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and politics on screen
