Preface; Part I. The Making of a Star: 1. Dixon; 2. Learning to Communicate; 3. From Rags to Riches; 4. Reform; 5. Stereotypes and Taboos; 6. The Inertia Projector; 7. Lessons from the Past; 8. Warmongering; 9. Flying a Desk for the Army Air Corps; Part II. The Making of an Anti-Communist: 10. A False Start; 11. Labor and the Rise to Power; 12. The 'Un-Americans'; 13. Eclipse of Liberalism; 14. Black Dignity; 15. Selling Hollywood; 16. 'To Capture the Minds of Men'; 17. Loyalty; 18. A Troubled Time: Movies and Divorce; 19. 'A Fork in the River'; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index; Photographs.
Explores the relationship between the motion picture industry and American politics.
'Anyone in doubt that motion pictures influence society will find ample food for thought in this incisive examination of how Hollywood 'turned dreams into reality.' Empire
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