TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peretti,Burton W.
TI  - The leading man: Hollywood and the presidential image 
SN  - 9780813554044 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - PN 1995.9 P437l 2012
U1  - 791.43/658 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Presidents in motion pictures
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Cine
KW  - Aspectos políticos
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Historical films
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Películas históricas
KW  - Historia y crítica
KW  - Motion pictures and history
KW  - Cine e historia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; "The torments of desire" : presidents and performance before 1929 -- The studios' golden age and the White House, 1929-1945 -- Truman, Eisenhower, and the televised presidency -- Charisma's hour, 1960-1969 -- Enter stage right, 1969-1989 -- Hollywood wags the dog, 1990-2000 -- The twin towers, 2001-2009
N2  - Analyses the evolution and the significance of the interaction between Hollywood and Washington to trace the history of the cinematic presidential image. Burton W. Peretti shows that traditional practices of presidential image making go back to George Washington, and then places the fourteen presidents of the cinematic era, from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama, at the centre of the story
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