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Ronald Reagan Filmography
Ronald Reagan was an American actor and politician whose first screen credit was the starring role in the film ''Love Is on the Air'' (1937). He later starred in ''Brother Rat'' (1938). By the end of 1939, he had already appeared in 19 films. Reagan later played the role of George Gipp in the film ''Knute Rockne, All American'' (1940) before appearing in ''Santa Fe Trail (film), Santa Fe Trail'' (1940). Reagan portrayed Drake McHugh in ''Kings Row'' (1942), which many film critics consider to be his best film performance. During World War II, Reagan, worked in the Provisional Task Force Show Unit of ''This Is the Army'' (1943). By the end of the war, he had produced some 400 training films for the Army Air Force. Reagan continued his acting career, making films such as ''The Voice of the Turtle (film), The Voice of the Turtle'' (1947), ''Bedtime for Bonzo'' (1951), ''The Winning Team'' (1952) and ''Cattle Queen of Montana'' (1954). However, he landed fewer film roles in the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Reagan In General Electric Theater
Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'',#H2, Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; #H1, Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English ''Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''Raghnall'', a name likewise derived from ''Rögnvaldr''. The latter name is composed of the Old Norse elements ''regin'' ("advice", "decision") and ''valdr'' ("ruler"). ''Ronald'' was originally used in England and Scotland, where Scandinavian influences were once substantial, although now the name is common throughout the English-speaking world. A short form of ''Ronald'' is ''Ron''. Pet forms of ''Ronald'' include ''Roni'' and ''Ronnie (given name), Ronnie''. ''Ronalda'' and ''Rhonda'' are feminine forms of ''Ronald''. ''Rhona (other), Rhona'', a modern name apparently only dating back to the late nineteenth century, may have originated as a feminine form of ''Ronald''.#H2, Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) pp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Hotel (film)
''Hollywood Hotel'' is a 1937 American romantic musical comedy film, directed by Busby Berkeley, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert, Ted Healy, Glenda Farrell and Johnnie Davis, featuring Alan Mowbray and Mabel Todd, and with Allyn Joslyn, Grant Mitchell and Edgar Kennedy. The film was based on the popular '' Hollywood Hotel'' radio show created by gossip columnist Louella Parsons, where Hollywood stars recreated scenes from their latest movies. It was broadcast weekly from the hotel of that name."Hollywood Hotel" on The film's recreation of the program features Louella Parsons, |
Hell's Kitchen (1939 Film)
''Hell's Kitchen'' is a 1939 thriller Warner Bros. film starring The Dead End Kids and Ronald Reagan. Plot Buck Caesar is a paroled convict who makes a contribution to a shelter for teenage reform school parolees on the advice of his nephew, Jim Donahue, a lawyer. Jim feels that the boys in the shelter could benefit from the contribution, and he believes the publicity from it will help his uncle. At the shelter, one of the teachers, Beth, sneaks a group of the boys--Tony, Gyp, Joey, Bingo, Ace, Soap, and Ouch--out of the shelter for a day out. They are caught returning by the superintendent, Hiram Krispan, who calls Tony into his office and threatens to lock Joey, the sickliest of the gang, in the freezer for coming up with the idea to sneak off to town. Tony says it was his idea and Krispan locks him in the freezer. Joey releases Tony in the middle of the night and Tony disappears. Buck and Jim arrive at the reform school where he witnesses Beth being fired. Beth tells Joey th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naughty But Nice (1939 Film)
''Naughty but Nice'' is a 1939 Warner Bros. musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Dick Powell, Ann Sheridan, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan and Helen Broderick. The original story and screenplay were written by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald, and the film includes songs with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, as well as music adapted from Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Mozart, Schumann and Wagner. Sheridan's original voice is heard in most of her songs, but for the song "In a Moment of Weakness", her voice was dubbed by Vera Van. Plot Professor Donald Hardwick, who lectures his students against swing music and jitterbugging, travels to New York City hoping to have his symphony published. He accidentally writes a hit swing song ("Hooray for Spinach, Hooray for Milk") with the assistance of aspiring lyricist Linda McKay. As a result, Hardwick finds disfavor with the dean of his college. After the teetotaling Hardwick accidentally becomes drunk, he prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Of The Secret Service
''Code of the Secret Service'' is a 1939 film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. It is the second of four films in the U.S. Secret Service Agent Brass Bancroft series, having been preceded by '' Secret Service of the Air'' (1939) and followed by '' Smashing the Money Ring'' (1939) and '' Murder in the Air'' (1940). The series was part of a late 1930s effort by Warner Bros. to produce films depicting law enforcement in a positive light under pressure from Homer Stille Cummings (Franklin D. Roosevelt's Attorney General) and Will H. Hays (creator of the Motion Picture Production Code, the film industry's censorship guidelines), due to the studio's part in producing early 1930s films glamorizing gangsters. The series also enabled Warner Bros. to create Reagan's screen persona, with Reagan even showing up to the set of ''Code of the Secret Service'' and asking director Noel M. Smith, "When do I fight and whom?" Plot United States Secret Service Lieutenant B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Victory
''Dark Victory'' is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the Dark Victory (play), 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch, starring Tallulah Bankhead. Plot Judith "Judy" Traherne is a young, carefree, hedonism, hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking. She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary and best friend Ann King insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist. Dr. Frederick Steele is closing his New York City office in preparation for a move to Brattleboro, Vermont, where he plans to de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Service Of The Air
''Secret Service of the Air'' (also known as ''Murder Plane'') is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. This film was the first in Warner Bros.' Secret Service series. The series consisted of four films, all starring Ronald Reagan as Lieutenant "Brass" Bancroft of the U.S. Secret Service and Eddie Foy, Jr. as his sidekick "Gabby." It was followed up by ''Code of the Secret Service'', '' Smashing the Money Ring'' (both 1939), and '' Murder in the Air'' (1940), the last film in the series.Nixon, Rob"Articles: Secret Service of the Air".''Turner Classic Movies.'' Retrieved: July 8, 2014. Reagan was just starting out his film career and commented later that during that period, he was a B movie "Errol Flynn". Plot An undercover Secret Service agent stumbles upon a smuggling ring illegally transporting Mexicans into the United States by air. When he pulls a gun on the pilot on one such trip, the pilot sends the aircraft into a sudden c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Going Places (1938 Film)
''Going Places'' is a 1938 American musical comedy film starring Dick Powell and Anita Louise, and directed by Ray Enright. Powell plays a sporting goods salesman who is forced to pose as a famous horseman as part of his scheme to boost sales, ending up entangled in lies and having to ride a bucking horse in a steeplechase championship. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Jeepers Creepers", premiered by Louis Armstrong, who sings and plays it to a horse. Two earlier films, both entitled '' The Hottentot'' (1929) and '' The Hottentot'' (1922 silent version), were based on the same source. Plot A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for. Cast * Dick Powell as Peter Mason * Anita Louise as Ellen Parker * Allen Jenkins as "Droopy" * Ronald Reagan as Jack Withering * Walter Catlett as Franklin Dexter * Harold Huber as Maxie Miller * Larry Williams as Frank Kendall * Thur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls On Probation
''Girls on Probation'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by William C. McGann and written by Crane Wilbur. The film stars Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley, Henry O'Neill and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was released by Warner Bros. on August 22, 1938. Plot Innocent young Connie Heath is persuaded to borrow a party dress from her friend, "fast girl" Hilda Engstrom, who has actually misappropriated it from the dry cleaner where she works. After the real owner of the dress, witchy Gloria Adams, spots Connie out in the dress (which is subsequently torn in a car door), Connie is falsely accused of theft and prosecuted as Hilda flees town and leaves her to take the blame. Though Gloria withdraws her charge, the insurance company continues to persecute poor Connie, resulting in a charge of grand larceny. Championing her cause is crusading attorney Neil Dillon - coincidentally, also Connie's date on the evening in question- who gets Connie off with probati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boy Meets Girl (1938 Film)
''Boy Meets Girl'' is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The supporting cast features Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran and Ronald Reagan. The screenplay by Bella and Sam Spewack is based on their 1935 stage play of the same name, which ran for 669 performances on Broadway. The two zany screenwriters played by Cagney and O'Brien were based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, while Ralph Bellamy's part as the producer was based on Darryl Zanuck of 20th Century Fox. Plot Two screenwriters, Law and Benson (James Cagney and Pat O'Brien), are in need of a story for cowboy star Larry Toms ( Dick Foran). When studio waitress Susie Seabrook ( Marie Wilson) faints in the office of producer C.F. Friday (Ralph Bellamy) because she is pregnant, the writers get an idea for a story about a cowboy and a baby, and cast Susie's unborn baby Happy in the part. The story will be the classic Hollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Dr
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowboy From Brooklyn
''Cowboy from Brooklyn'' is a 1938 American Western musical romantic comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Earl Baldwin. It stars Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien and Priscilla Lane. The film was based on the 1937 Broadway play ''Howdy Stranger'' by Robert Sloane and Louis Pelletier.Rickey, Carrie. "Reagan's film persona: Cheerful, humble, kind." ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. June 6, 2004. National, A22. Plot Singer Elly Jordan, a Brooklyn man who is terrified of animals, ends up broke along with his two musical partners at Hardy's Dude Ranch in Two Bits, Wyoming. The Hardys, Ma and Pop, daughter Jane and son Jeff, hire the men to play for the dudes. Sam Thorne, Jane's self-appointed boyfriend, ranch cowhand and amateur crooner, is jealous of Jane's interest in Elly. Elly is so successful as a cowboy singer, that when theatrical agent Roy Chadwick arrives at the ranch on a vacation and hears him, he signs Elly immediately. Chadwick thinks that Elly is a real cowboy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
