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Transcript: Hollywood Portrays Wide Spectrum of American Presidents
- Article from:
- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- July 6, 1996
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Fictional American presidents have been movie characters almost since
the invention of film and cameras, and such portrayals often reflect
the feelings of the public toward the White House's current occupant.
[sound of Robert Ryan singing `It Gets Lonely in the White House']
TOM GJELTEN, Host: Film Star Robert Ryan [sp], who sang this Irving
Berlin lament in the Broadway musical Mr. President, never got to
play a president in the movies, but he was one of the few actors of
his generation who didn't have a White House role. Among those who
sat in a Hollywood Oval Office were President Henry Fonda in Fail-
Safe, President Frederic March in Seven Days in ...