Ronald Reagan In Hollywood: Movies and Politics
Cambridge University Press, 1994. First edition. First printing. Fine in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 359 pp. with bibilography, index, illustrated with photographs. An exploration of the relationship between the motion picture industry and American politics viewed through the prism of Ronald Reagan's film career at Warner Brothers. His years in Hollywood (1937-1952) spanned part of the Great Depression, World War II and the early Cold War era---times when the American movie industry served as a grand, worldwide propaganda base for thosae who wanted to influence attitudes about patriotism, national defense, communism, race, sex , and civil liberties. During this time, Reagan formed many of the ideas he later carried into his Presidency. The author based the book mon inerviews with President Reagan and others, formerly secret FBI files, and material from more than 150 archival collections. Fine / fine. Item #E25269
ISBN: 0521440807
Price: $14.50