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Article: Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History.(Book Review)
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- Presidential Studies Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film and History. Edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O'Connor. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2003. 441 pp.
In Hollywood's White House, Rollins and O'Conner provide an excellent compendium of essays on portrayals of presidents in film and television. The chapters present competent offerings with in-depth and insightful examinations of specific films, television shows and series, and directors of these shows and films as well as common themes about the presidency and the executive branch. Moreover, authors of these varied and worthwhile chapters provide useful perspectives (emphasis here on the ...