Presidents in the movies
Subtitle: American history and politics on screen
By: edited by Iwan W. Morgan
Edition: 1st. ed.
Series: The evolving American presidency series; Evolving American presidency
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan/St. Martin's Press; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9780230113282
Subjects: Motion pictures; Historical films; Presidents in motion pictures; History and criticism; Motion pictures and history
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Iwan Morgan; title: Transition: the making of screen presidents / Ian Scott; title: D. W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln / Melvyn Stokes; title: The "picture man": the cinematic strife of Theodore Roosevelt / Brian Neve; title: Darryl F. Zanuck's Wilson / Mark Wheeler; title: The "confidence" president: Franklin D. Roosevelt in film / Harry Keyishian; title: The cinematic Kennedy: Thirteen days and the burnishing of an image / Mark White; title: The president impeached: Tennessee Johnson and Nixon / Iwan Morgan; title: Oliver Stone's improbable W. / Kingsley Marshall.