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Richard Vaughn's account of the development of the American movie
rating system situates contemporary cinema within the turbulent
context of the history of censorship, America's cultural wars, and
the impact of new technologies that have transformed entertainment.
Based on the private papers and oral history of Richard D. Heffner,
who headed MPAA's Classification and Rating Administration for two
decades, from 1974 to 1994, it chronicles the often tense working
relationship between Heffner and Jack Valenti, the long-standing
currently 83 year old President and Chief Executive of the Motion
Picture Association of America. It also documents the sometimes
bruising encounters Heffner had with such Hollywood heavyweights as
Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone, Michael Douglas, George C. Scott, Lew
Wasserman, Arthur Krim, Jerry Weintraub, and many others. Heffner's
memoirs reveal the conflicted behind-the-scenes history of the
American movie rating system from the perspective of a man once
called "the least-known most powerful person in Hollywood." Stephen
Vaughn has taught the history of communication at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison, since 1981. His previous books include Ronald
Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics (1994), The Vital Past:
Writings on the Uses of History (1985), and Holding Fast the Inner
Lines: Democracy, Nationalism and the Committee on Public
Information (1980). He is General Editor of a three-volume
Encyclopedia of American Journalism, and has published a two-volume
annotated bibliography in electronic format.
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood explores the relationship between the motion picture industry and American politics through the prism of Reagan's film career at Warner Brothers. During the Depression, World War II, and the early Cold War era, the film industry served as a "grand, world-wide propaganda base," using movies to influence attitudes about patriotism, national defense, communism, the welfare state, race, sex, and civil liberties. Ronald Reagan thrived in this environment. During his years in Hollywood from 1937 to 1952, he formed many of the ideas that were later carried into his presidency. Not merely a star, Reagan also became an articulate industry spokesperson and skilled propagandist, playing an important role in "the battle of the world today to capture the minds" of humanity in the struggle against communism. By the time he left Warner Brothers in 1952, Reagan had abandoned his New Deal liberalism and had become a militant anticommunist. Based on hundreds of interviews (including some with President Reagan), formerly secret FBI files, and archival materials, Ronald Reagan in Hollywood provides an incisive analysis of Reagan's important formative years.
He didn't know it until he looked up, but when Max finally figures
out there is a star just for him, he is determined to hold onto it.
Join Max on his adventure to find his passion, his grit, and a team
that can help him go after his star. Through it all, discover what
it takes to chase your dreams and overcome your obstacles.
A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE AND GOD'S PLAN FOR
THE FUTURE OF MANKIND.
Richard Vaughn's account of the development of the American movie
rating system situates contemporary cinema within the turbulent
context of the history of censorship, America's cultural wars, and
the impact of new technologies that have transformed entertainment.
Based on the private papers and oral history of Richard D. Heffner,
who headed MPAA's Classification and Rating Administration for two
decades, from 1974 to 1994, it chronicles the often tense working
relationship between Heffner and Jack Valenti, the long-standing
currently 83 year old President and Chief Executive of the Motion
Picture Association of America. It also documents the sometimes
bruising encounters Heffner had with such Hollywood heavyweights as
Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone, Michael Douglas, George C. Scott, Lew
Wasserman, Arthur Krim, Jerry Weintraub, and many others. Heffner's
memoirs reveal the conflicted behind-the-scenes history of the
American movie rating system from the perspective of a man once
called "the least-known most powerful person in Hollywood." Stephen
Vaughn has taught the history of communication at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison, since 1981. His previous books include Ronald
Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics (1994), The Vital Past:
Writings on the Uses of History (1985), and Holding Fast the Inner
Lines: Democracy, Nationalism and the Committee on Public
Information (1980). He is General Editor of a three-volume
Encyclopedia of American Journalism, and has published a two-volume
annotated bibliography in electronic format.
The importance of history and its relevance to the present have
seldom gone unquestioned in modern times. This is particularly true
in the United States, born as the quintessentially modern nation,
where the image of a vast open frontier and the unofficial state
creed of limitless progress have diminished the importance of the
past, and where the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson proclaimed that
nature and personal experience made tradition irrelevant for the
self-reliant American.
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