Hollywood’s White House The American Presidency in Film and History 1st Edition by Peter Rollins, John O’Connor 0813122708 9780813122700

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ISBN 10: 0813122708 

ISBN 13: 9780813122700

Author: Peter C. Rollins, John E. O’Connor

From action flicks to biopics to SNL skits, how presidents are portrayed on screen: “An interesting study of the real presidency and the reel presidency.” —USA Today Magazine   Winner of the Popular Culture Association’s Ray and Pat Browne Book Award   Whether serious or satirical, biographical or fictional, the ways that US presidents are depicted in popular culture reveal much about us as a nation. The contributors to Hollywood’s White House examine the historical accuracy of presidential depictions, illuminate their influence, and uncover how they reflect the concerns of their times and the social and political visions of the filmmakers. With reflections on portrayals of Washington, Adams, Lincoln, FDR, Nixon, and more, this volume, which includes a comprehensive filmography and a bibliography, is ideal for both historians and film enthusiasts.   “An engaging collection.” —Robert Brent Toplin, author of Reel History: In Defense of Hollywood

Table of contents:

Part One. Representing American Presidents

1. George Washington, The Crossing, and Revolutionary Leadership

2. The Adams Chronicles: Domesticating the American Presidency

3. Jefferson in Love: The Framer Framed

4. Abraham Lincoln in John Ford’s The Iron Horse: Both Trumpets and Silences

5. Redeeming Lincoln, Redeeming the South: Representations of Abraham Lincoln in D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Historical Scholarship

6. Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders: A Century of Leadership in Film

7. Wilson in Technicolor: An Appreciation

8. A Juxtaposition of Conflicting Images: Hubert H. Humphrey and the Television Coverage of Chicago, 1968

Part Two. Hollywood’s “Take”: The Presidency in Fiction Films

9. Motion Picture Presidents of the 1930s: Factual and Fictional Leaders for a Time of Crisis

10. Gabriel Over the White House (1933): William Randolph Hearst’s Fascist Solution for the Great Depression

11. Populism, Pragmatism, and Political Reinvention: The Presidential Motif in the Films of Frank Capra

12. The Absent President: Mr. Smith, The Candidate, and Bulworth

13. Who’s In Charge Here? Technology and the Presidency in Fail-Safe (1964) and Colossus (1970)

14. The 100 Million$ Men: Presidential Action/Adventure Heroes of Independence Day (1996) and Air Force One (1997)

15. A Man of His Word: Aaron Sorkin’s American Presidents

Part Three. Closing in on the Present

16. Hollywood’s Presidents, 1944–1996: The Primacy of Character

17. Richard Nixon as Dick (1999) and the Comedic Treatment of the Presidency

18. “Biological Business-as-Usual”: The Beast in Oliver Stone’s Nixon

19. Myth and Reality in the Hollywood Campaign Film: Primary Colors (1998) and The War Room (1994)

20. Bestowing Knighthood: The Visual Aspects of Bill Clinton’s Camelot Legacy

21. Hollywood, Impersonation, and Presidential Celebrity in the 1990s

22. Television Satire and the Presidency: The Case of Saturday Night Live

Part Four. Bibliographic Overview

23. The Transformed Presidency: The Real Presidency and Hollywood’s Reel Presidency

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