ISBN10: 0521199182, ISBN13: 9780521199186, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge] Hardcover Hardcover. Hollywood was not always a bastion of liberalism. Following World War II, an informal alliance of movie stars, studio moguls and Southern California business interests formed to revitalize a factionalized Republican Party. Coming together were stars such as John Wayne, Robert Taylor, George Murphy and many others, who joined studio heads Cecil B. DeMille, Louis B. Mayer, Walt Disney and Jack Warner to rebuild the Republican Party. They found support among a large group of business leaders who poured money and skills into this effort, which paid off with the election of George Murphy to the US Senate and of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan to the highest office in the nation. This is an exciting story based on extensive new research that will forever change how we think of Hollywood politics. This book rediscovers how there once was a Hollywood Right. Using extensive new archival material, Donald Critchlow reveals how Hollywood Republicans remade America by successfully backing such candidates as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Murphy. Readers will never think about Hollywood politics again in the same way. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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ISBN10: 0521199182, ISBN13: 9780521199186, [publisher: Cambridge University Press 2013-10-21, New York] Hardcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2013]