In Hollywood Left and Right, Steven J. Ross tells an important
story that has escaped public attention: the emergence of Hollywood
as a vital center of political life and the important role that
movie stars have played in shaping the course of American politics.
Ever since the film industry relocated to Hollywood early in the
twentieth century, it has had an outsized influence on American
politics. Through compelling larger-than-life figures in American
cinema - Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Edward G. Robinson,
George Murphy, Ronald Reagan, Harry Belafonte, Jane Fonda, Charlton
Heston, Warren Beatty, and Arnold Schwarzenegger - Hollywood Left
and Right reveals how Hollywood's engagement in politics has been
longer, deeper, and more varied than most people would imagine. As
shown in alternating chapters, the Left and the Right each gained
ascendancy in Tinseltown at different times. From Chaplin, whose
movies almost always displayed his leftist convictions, to
Schwarzenegger's nearly seamless transition from action
blockbusters to the California governor's mansion, Ross traces the
intersection of Hollywood and political activism from the early
twentieth century to the present. Hollywood Left and Right
challenges the commonly held belief that Hollywood has always been
a bastion of liberalism. The real story, as Ross shows in this
passionate and entertaining work, is far more complicated. First,
Hollywood has a longer history of conservatism than liberalism.
Second, and most surprising, while the Hollywood Left was usually
more vocal and visible, the Right had a greater impact on American
political life, capturing a senate seat (Murphy), a governorship
(Schwarzenegger), and the ultimate achievement, the Presidency
(Reagan).
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