Hollywood's White House

Hollywood's White House
Author: Peter C. Rollins
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2010-09-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813127920

" Winner of the 2003 Ray and Pat Browne Book Award, given by the Popular Culture Association The contributors to Hollywood's White House examine the historical accuracy of these presidential depictions, illuminate their influence, and uncover how they reflect the concerns of their times and the social and political visions of the filmmakers. The volume, which includes a comprehensive filmography and a bibliography, is ideal for historians and film enthusiasts.

Film and the American Presidency

Film and the American Presidency
Author: Jeff Menne
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2015-02-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135049920

The contention of Film and the American Presidency is that over the twentieth century the cinema has been a silent partner in setting the parameters of what we might call the presidential imaginary. This volume surveys the partnership in its longevity, placing stress on especially iconic presidents such as Lincoln and FDR. The contributions to this collection probe the rich interactions between these high institutions of culture and politics—Hollywood and the presidency—and argue that not only did Hollywood acting become an idiom for presidential style, but that Hollywood early on understood its own identity through the presidency’s peculiar mix of national epic and unified protagonist. Additionally, they contend that studios often made their films to sway political outcomes; that the performance of presidential personae has been constrained by the kinds of bodies (for so long, white and male) that have occupied the office, such that presidential embodiment obscures the body politic; and that Hollywood and the presidency may finally be nothing more than two privileged figures of media-age power.

Presidents in the Movies

Presidents in the Movies
Author: I. Morgan
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2011-04-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781349295050

Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and politics on screen. Morgan and his contributors show how films blend myth and reality to present a positive message about presidents as the epitome of America's values and idealism until unpopular foreign wars in Vietnam and Iraq led to a darker portrayal of the imperial presidency, operated by Richard Nixon and Bush 43. This exciting new collection further considers how Hollywood has continually reinterpreted historically significant presidents, notably Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, to fit the times in which movies about them were made.

The American President

The American President
Author: Philip B. Kunhardt
Publisher: Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781573228329

Explores the lives of the presidents and the evolution of the presidency.

The American Presidency

The American Presidency
Author: Sidney M. Milkis
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 721
Release: 2019-01-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 154432314X

The American Presidency examines the constitutional foundation of the executive office and the social, economic, political, and international forces that have reshaped it. Authors Sidney M. Milkis and Michael Nelson broadly examine the influence of each president, focusing on how these leaders have sought to navigate the complex and ever-changing terrain of the executive office and revealing the major developments that launched the modern presidency at the dawn of the twentieth century. By connecting presidential conduct to the defining eras of American history and the larger context of politics and government in the United States, this award-winning book offers vital perspective and insight on the limitations and possibilities of presidential power. The Eighth Edition examines recent events and developments including the latter part of the Obama presidency, the 2016 election, the first twenty months of the Trump presidency, and updated coverage of issues involving race and the presidency.

The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge

The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge
Author: Robert H. Ferrell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The first book-length assessment of Coolidge's presidency in thirty years draws on the recently opened papers of his White House physician for hitherto unknown personal information. Ferrell (history, Indiana U.) exonerates Coolidge for the failures of his party's foreign policy, but holds him accountable for having had insufficient economic savvy to warn Wall Street against the overspeculation that caused the Depression. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Leading Man

The Leading Man
Author: Burton William Peretti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813554044

Discusses how film has affected the culture of presidential politics by looking at fourteen different presidents, including Herbert Hoover, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama.

The Paradoxes of the American Presidency

The Paradoxes of the American Presidency
Author: Thomas E. Cronin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2022-06-15
Genre: Presidents
ISBN: 9780197641316

The new edition of The Paradoxes of the American Presidency--now with three prize-winning presidential scholars: Thomas E. Cronin, Michael A. Genovese and Meena Bose--explores the complex institution of the American presidency by presenting a series of paradoxes that shape and define the office. Rewritten and updated to reflect recent political events including the presidency of Barack Obama, the 2012 and 2014 elections (with greater emphasis on the importance of the Presidential midterm election), and the primary and presidential election of 2016, as well as the 2020 election and beginning of the Biden Administration, this must-read sixth edition incorporates findings from the latest scholarship, recent elections and court cases, and essential survey research.

Movies and the Reagan Presidency

Movies and the Reagan Presidency
Author: Chris Jordan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2003-06-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0313057486

The 1980s were unique in both American history and the history of American cinema. It was a time when a United States president—a former B-movie actor and Cold War industry activist—served as a catalyst for the coalescence of trends in Hollywood's political structure, mode of production, and film content. Ronald Reagan championed a success ethos that recognized economic and moral self-governance as the basis of a democratic society. His agenda of tax reform and industry deregulation simultaneously promoted the absorption of Hollywood's major studios into tightly diversified media conglomerates, and concentrations of ownership promoted the production and release of movies with maximum revenue potential. Indeed, the most commercially successful movies of the decade put forth the ideologies of WASP America, nuclear family self-sufficiency, and conspicuous consumption. Three genres in particular—the biracial buddy movie, the MTV music-video movie, and the yuppie movie—provide case studies of how Reagan-era cinema addressed issues of race, gender, and class in ways very much in tune with Reaganomics and the President's cultural policies. Author Chris Jordan provides a complete overview of both the influence of Reagan's presidency on the film industry and on the films themselves. Exploring 80s genres and movies with both a sociocultural and aesthetic eye, this book will be invaluable to historians, cinema scholars, and film buffs.