• Preface; Part I. The Making of a Star: 1. Dixon; 2. Learning to Communicate; 3. From Rags to Riches; 4. Reform; 5. Stereotypes and Taboos; 6. The Inertia Projector; 7. Lessons from the Past; 8. Warmongering; 9. Flying a Desk for the Army Air Corps; Part II. The Making of an Anti-Communist: 10. A False Start; 11. Labor and the Rise to Power; 12. The 'Un-Americans'; 13. Eclipse of Liberalism; 14. Black Dignity; 15. Selling Hollywood; 16. 'To Capture the Minds of Men'; 17. Loyalty; 18. A Troubled Time: Movies and Divorce; 19. 'A Fork in the River'; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index; Photographs.

'Anyone in doubt that motion pictures influence society will find ample food for thought in this incisive examination of how Hollywood 'turned dreams into reality.' Empire

• Preface; Part I. The Making of a Star: 1. Dixon; 2. Learning to Communicate; 3. From Rags to Riches; 4. Reform; 5. Stereotypes and Taboos; 6. The Inertia Projector; 7. Lessons from the Past; 8. Warmongering; 9. Flying a Desk for the Army Air Corps; Part II. The Making of an Anti-Communist: 10. A False Start; 11. Labor and the Rise to Power; 12. The 'Un-Americans'; 13. Eclipse of Liberalism; 14. Black Dignity; 15. Selling Hollywood; 16. 'To Capture the Minds of Men'; 17. Loyalty; 18. A Troubled Time: Movies and Divorce; 19. 'A Fork in the River'; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index; Photographs.

'Anyone in doubt that motion pictures influence society will find ample food for thought in this incisive examination of how Hollywood 'turned dreams into reality.' Empire

• Preface; Part I. The Making of a Star: 1. Dixon; 2. Learning to Communicate; 3. From Rags to Riches; 4. Reform; 5. Stereotypes and Taboos; 6. The Inertia Projector; 7. Lessons from the Past; 8. Warmongering; 9. Flying a Desk for the Army Air Corps; Part II. The Making of an Anti-Communist: 10. A False Start; 11. Labor and the Rise to Power; 12. The 'Un-Americans'; 13. Eclipse of Liberalism; 14. Black Dignity; 15. Selling Hollywood; 16. 'To Capture the Minds of Men'; 17. Loyalty; 18. A Troubled Time: Movies and Divorce; 19. 'A Fork in the River'; Abbreviations; Notes; References; Index; Photographs.

'Anyone in doubt that motion pictures influence society will find ample food for thought in this incisive examination of how Hollywood 'turned dreams into reality.' Empire