When Hollywood Was Right: How Movie Stars, Studio Moguls, and Big Business Remade American Politics

by Donald T. Critchlow

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521199182
• ISBN13: 9780521199186
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"