pro-labor, 43, 245–246

proletariat, 34

pro-union, 46

Pryor, Richard, 199–200, 277

Public Enemy, 42

Puette, William J., 233, 272

punk, 166

Quaid, Randy, 177, 278–279

Quart, Leonard, 26, 77, 94, 98, 104, 109, 112–113, 121, 143, 197, 273

Quinn, Pat, 112, 277

racism, 105, 148, 220–221, 228–229, 232

radio, 13, 40, 59–60, 127, 132, 260

radio, talk, 13, 261, 262

Rafelson, Bob, 97, 165, 279

ratings system, 77

Rausch, Andrew J., 98, 273

Ray, Paul H., 6–7, 27n2, 273

Ray, Robert B., 19, 46, 47n4, 54, 58, 99, 162, 273

Reagan era, 12, 245, 254

Reagan, Ronald, 12, 24–25, 32, 47n1, 73, 108, 141, 151, 241–242, 245–246, 254, 256, 259

recession, 13, 15, 79–80, 149, 168, 230, 238, 261

Republican Party, 27n3, 141–142, 148, 196, 198, 242

restoration, 6, 204, 213

Reynolds, Burt, 243

Rhodes, Chip, 33, 40, 59–60, 273

right to work, 245

Ritt, Martin, 245, 279

RKO, 36

road show pictures, 75

Robinson, Andrew, 154–155, 278

Rocky, 11, 24, 26, 35, 60, 195, 197, 203–204, 219–233, 236–237, 239n4, 244, 246, 254–255, 280

Ross, Steven J., 3, 21, 33–34, 36–41, 273

Rossinow, Doug, 135n2, 273

rugged individualist, 23, 26, 35, 65, 103, 111, 204, 212, 214, 219, 246

runaway production, 74

Ryan, Michael, 46, 77, 126, 154, 162, 194, 213–214, 222, 235–236, 246, 273

Sagert, Kelly Boyer, 243–244, 273

Salt of the Earth, 44

San Francisco, 6, 12, 107, 154–155, 166, 169

Sarandon, Susan, 145, 279

Sarris, Andrew, 162

Saturday Night Fever, 197, 204, 232–233, 235–237, 243, 280

Savage, John, 249, 278

Scarecrow, 18, 23, 163, 167–176, 178, 193, 204, 280

Schatzberg, Jerry, 165, 280

Scheider, Roy, 212, 279

Schrader, Paul, 187, 199, 277

Schulman, Bruce J., 27n3, 89, 166, 196–197, 223, 231, 243, 273, 274

Schultz, George, 196

Schwartz, Sheila, 56–57, 65, 274

Scorcese, Martin, 115, 165, 205, 277, 279

Seeger, Pete, 114–115

Selznick, Lewis, 37

Shaw, Robert, 212, 279

Shire, Talia, 223, 280

Siegel, Don, 153, 155, 278