Hollywood left and right: how movie stars shaped American politics

Introduction: movie stars and politics

The first political movie star: Charlie Chaplin

The man who brought Hollywood into the Republican Party: Louis B. Mayer

Little Caesar and the HUAC mob: Edward G. Robinson

Hollywood and the conservative revolution: George Murphy and Ronald Reagan

Politics in black and white: Harry Belafonte

Movement leader, grassroots builder: Jane Fonda

Moses and the red tide: Charlton Heston

President Bulworth, or, will Mr. Beatty go to Washington?: Warren Beatty

Governor Arnold and the age of celebrity politics: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Epilogue.