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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Harry Keyishian |
ISBN: | 0810858827 9780810858824 |
OCLC Number: | 173087045 |
Notes: | Originally published: ©2003. |
Description: | xxiii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) -- Abraham Lincoln (1930) -- Ada (1961) -- Advise and consent (1962) -- Air Force One (1997) -- Alias Nick Beal (1949) -- All the king's men (1949) -- The American president (1995) -- Being there (1979) -- The best man (1964) -- Bob Roberts (1992) -- Bulworth (1998) -- The candidate (1972) -- The cat's paw (1934) -- Citizen Kane (1941) -- City Hall (1996) -- The contender (2000) -- The dark horse (1932) -- Dave (1993) -- Deterrence (1999) -- The distinguished gentleman (1992) -- A face in the crowd (1957) -- Fail safe (1964) -- The farmer's daughter (1947) -- Gabriel over the White House (1933) -- The Great McGinty (1940) -- Hail the conquering hero (1944) -- Judge Priest (1934) -- Kingfish (1995) -- The last hurrah (1958) -- The lion is in the streets (1953) -- The man (1972) -- The man who shot Liberty Valance (1962) -- Mr. Smith goes to Washington (1939) -- Nixon (1995) -- The phantom president (1932) -- Politics (1931) -- Polly Tix in Washington (1932) -- The president vanishes (1934) -- Primary colors (1998) -- Running mates (2000) -- Secret honor (1984) -- The seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) -- The senator was indiscreet (1947) -- State of the Union (1948) -- The sun shines bright (1953) -- Sunrise at Campobello (1960) -- Tanner '88 (1988) -- Thanks a million (1935) -- Thirteen days (2001) -- True colors (1991) -- Under Western stars (1938) -- Wag the dog (1997) -- The Washington masquerade (1932) -- Washington merry-go-round (1932) -- Wild in the streets (1968) -- Wilson (1944) -- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). |
Responsibility: | Harry Keyishian. |
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Publisher Synopsis
Keyishian (English, Fairleigh Dickinson U.) describes and analyzes more than 50 films dealing with politicians and the political process in the U.S. He provides an overview of the development of the genre in the introduction, while the main part of the volume consists of alphabetically arranged entries discussing individual films. This is the first paperback edition of a work previously published in 2003. * Reference and Research Book News * This book is an eclectic anthology about fifty-eight feature films released over a neat seven-decade period....interesting... * The Journal of Popular Culture * Harry Keyishian discusses how films help to shape our understanding of the American political process. He shows how the populist films of the Depression era, with their endorsement of the progressive ideals of Roosevelt's New Deal, gave way to a generally more ambiguous view of politics and politicians after World War II. . . Keyishian points out that despite the cynicism of the post-Watergate era, or perhaps precisely because of it, the reedemer hero of the 1930s has returned. * Film Quarterly, Winter 2007-08 * Read more...

