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Presidents in the movies [electronic resource] : American history and politics on screen /

by Morgan, Iwan W; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Evolving American presidency: Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 198 p. : ill.ISBN: ; .Subject(s): Presidents in motion pictures | Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States | Historical films -- United States -- History and criticism | Motion pictures and history | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction / Iwan Morgan -- Transition : the making of screen presidents / Ian Scott -- D. W. Griffith's Lincoln / Melvyn Stokes -- The "picture man" : the cinematic strife of Theodore Roosevelt / Brian Neve -- Darryl F. Zanuck's Wilson (1944) / Mark Wheeler -- The "confidence" president : Franklin D. Roosevelt in film / Harry Keyishian -- The cinematic Kennedy : Thirteen days and the burnishing of an image / Mark White -- The president impeached : Tennessee Johnson and Nixon / Iwan Morgan -- Oliver Stone's improbable "W." / Kingsley Marshall.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Iwan Morgan -- Transition : the making of screen presidents / Ian Scott -- D. W. Griffith's Lincoln / Melvyn Stokes -- The "picture man" : the cinematic strife of Theodore Roosevelt / Brian Neve -- Darryl F. Zanuck's Wilson (1944) / Mark Wheeler -- The "confidence" president : Franklin D. Roosevelt in film / Harry Keyishian -- The cinematic Kennedy : Thirteen days and the burnishing of an image / Mark White -- The president impeached : Tennessee Johnson and Nixon / Iwan Morgan -- Oliver Stone's improbable "W." / Kingsley Marshall.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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