| Description |
xv, 441 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
George Washington, The crossing, and revolutionary leadership / Stuart Leibiger -- The Adams chronicles : domesticating the American presidency / Scott F. Stoddart -- Jefferson in love : the farmer framed / Jim Welsh -- Abraham Lincoln in John Ford's The iron horse : both trumpets and silences / Andrew Piasecki -- Redeeming Lincoln, redeeming the South : representations of Abraham Lincoln in D.W. Grifith's The birth of a nation (1915) and historical scholarship / Bryan Rommel-Ruiz -- Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders : a century of leadership in film / J. Tillapaugh -- Wilson in technicolor : an appreciation / Donald E. Staples -- A juxtaposition of conflicting images : Hubert H. Humphrey and the television coverage of Chicago, 1968 / Jaap Kooijman -- Motion picture presidents of the 1930s : factual and fictional leaders for a time of crisis / Michael G. Krukones -- Gabriel over the White House (1933) : William Randolph Hearst's fascist solution for the Great Depression / Deborah Carmichael -- Populism, pragmatism, and political reinvention : the presidential motif in the films of Frank Capra / Ian Scott -- The absent president : Mr. Smith, The candidate, and Bulworth / Linda Alkana -- Who's in charge here? Technology and the presidency in Fail-safe (1964) and Colossus (1970) / Robert E. Hunter -- The 100 million$ men : presidential action/adventure heroes of Independence day (1996) and Air Force One (1997) / John Shelton Lawrence -- A man of his word : Aaron Sorkin's American presidents / Loren P. Quiring -- Hollywood's presidents, 1944-1996 : the primacy of character / Peter C. Rollins -- Richard Nixon as Dick (1999) and the comedic treatment of the presidency / Charlene Etkind -- "Biological business-as-usual" : the beast in Oliver Stone's Nixon / Donald Whaley -- Myth and reality in the Hollywood campaign film : Primary colors (1998) and The war room (1994) / Myron A. Levine -- Bestowing knighthood : the visual aspects of Bill Clinton's Camelot legacy / Luc Herman -- Hollywood, impersonation, and presidential celebrity in the 1990s / David Haven Blake -- Television satire and the presidency : the case of Saturday night live / John Matviko -- The transformed presidency : the Real presidency and Hollywood's Reel presidency / Myron A. Levine -- A filmography for images of American presidents in film / John Shelton Lawrence |
| Summary |
"This book is a collection of essays by the nation's leading scholars of film and history that explores the multiple ways in which Hollywood addresses the complex issues facing America's chief executives, particularly how history is sometimes revised for dramatic purposes or to serve the political agenda of film-makers. The volume also explores the phenomenon of "the primacy of character," which has become an increasingly important theme in portrayals of the president in recent decades. As a whole, the volume serves as an invaluable examination of the breadth of on-screen depictions of the American presidents in their social, political, and cultural contexts." -- BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Historical films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Presidents -- United States -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- In motion pictures.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141046
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| Author |
Rollins, Peter C.
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O'Connor, John E.
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| LC no. |
2003005311 |
| ISBN |
9780813191263 |
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9780813122700 Cloth alkaline paper |
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0813122708 Cloth alkaline paper |
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