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Ronald Reagan
U.S. President #40
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short profile
links movie career, part 1
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You could say that Ronald Reagan had three distinct careers (although there is some overlap):
movie & TV star, Army officer, and politician. This page covers all three.
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received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 {for Television} at 6374 Hollywood Blvd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan
Ronald Reagan credits [1937-96] at Internet Movie Database
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browse books about Ronald Reagan at Amazon
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C-SPAN's American Presidents site
P.B.S. American Presidents archives
The White House Websites of the Presidents
J.R. Howington's Presidential Trivia Page
Works About Ronald Reagan
search books on keywords 'Ronald Reagan' at Amazon
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 | "Hollywood Noir: Featuring Ronald Reagan" [2001] by Richard Olsen Xlibris 8½x5½ pb [10/2001] for $21.99 Xlibris 8¾x6 hardcover [10/2001] for $31.99 |
 | "The Ronald Reagan Murder Case: A George Tirebiter Mystery" [2006] by David Ossman {member of The Firesign Theatre comedy troupe} Set in Hollywood in 1945, the tale of radio star George Tirebiter's solution of two mysterious deaths: the on-air shooting of movie star Army Captain Ronald Reagan's double, and the scandalous death of a movie director back in the 1920s. BearManor Media 8¾x6 pb [12/2006] for $19.95 |
P.B.S. bio
P.B.S. bio on VHS
http://www.amazon.com/American-Experience-David-Ogden-Stiers/dp/B00009Q4YC/
"Ronald Reagan: A Legacy Remembered" [Biography 2000] /tt0890199/
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-Remembered-Pat-Buchanan/dp/B000089QEL/
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-Remembered-History-Channel/dp/B000089QEJ/
"Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, The Presidential Years" [2001] /tt0450115/
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-Hollywood-Years-Presidental/dp/B00005YOVZ/
"Altered Statesmen: Ronald Reagan" TV documentary [2003] /tt0421179/
"American Masters" TV series documentary [2008] /tt0364151/
"Reagan" documentary [2011] /tt1822382/
"Ronald Reagan: An American Journey (2011
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-American-Journey/dp/B004ALIG3S/
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-An-American-Journey/dp/B004LQGY6S/
"Ronald Reagan - An American President (The Official Reagan Library Tribute) (2005)
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-American-President-Official/dp/B0006GAI7I/
"Ronald Reagan - His Life and Times (2004)
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-His-Life-Times/dp/B0001I552Y/
"Ronald Reagan - The Great Communicator (Complete Set) (2004)
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-Great-Communicator-Complete/dp/B00007G1WS/
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-Great-Communicator-Complete/dp/0788601792/
"Reagan (2011)
http://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Ronald/dp/B004J713LU/
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan/dp/B005PR6TXK/
"NBC News Presents: Ronald Reagan" with Stone Phillips (2005)
http://www.amazon.com/NBC-News-Presents-Ronald-Reagan/dp/B0002IQHG6/
"Ronald Reagan Rendezvous with Destiny
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-Rendezvous-with-Destiny/dp/B0021H39C6/
"The Reagan Wit (2011)
http://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Wit-Ronald/dp/B004IY3G3W/
"Tribute to Ronald Reagan Starring Ronald Reeagan and Caspar Weinberger (2003)
http://www.amazon.com/Tribute-Ronald-Reagan-Reeagan/dp/B00009RGBB/
"Still Point In A Turning World: Ronald Reagan and his Ranch (2011)
http://www.amazon.com/Still-Point-Turning-World-Ronald/dp/B0052OHOI0/
"The American Experience - Ronald Reagan
http://www.amazon.com/American-Experience-Ronald-Reagan-VHS/dp/0780621549/
"The Reagans" TV movie [2004] Starring Judy Davis, James Brolin, Zeljko Ivanek, Mary Beth Peil
http://www.amazon.com/Reagans-Judy-Davis/dp/B0001US6CI/
"Ronald Reagan - His Life and Legacy Starring Nancy Reagan, Ronald Reagan and John Roberts (2004)
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-His-Life-Legacy/dp/B0002F6BHE/
"Biography -- Ronald Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime (2008) DVD
http://www.amazon.com/Biography----Ronald-Reagan-Lifetime/dp/B001BXRRJM/
"20/20: A Tribute to Ronald Reagan: 6/11/04 (2011) DVD Buy new: $19.95
http://www.amazon.com/20-Tribute-Ronald-Reagan-11/dp/B0054LGOZU/
"Biography - Ronald Reagan: The Many Lives" [1996] Starring Jack Perkins, Peter Graves, Harry Smith, Dave Hoffman
http://www.amazon.com/Biography-Ronald-Reagan-Many-Lives/dp/6302985021/
"Just the Facts: American Presidents: Ronald Reagan (2010)
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Facts-American-Presidents-Ronald/dp/B003KM4CSG/
"Remembering Reagan At His Ranch"
http://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Reagan-At-His-Ranch/dp/B000782SDW/
Movie Star - Part 1
Ronald Reagan credits [1937-96] at Internet Movie Database
search DVDs on keywords 'Ronald Reagan' at Amazon
 | "Ronald Reagan: The Signature Collection" DVD Box Set [2006]
Warner Home Video b&w/color DVD set [8/2006] 5 disks for $39.99 contains 5 b&w feature films: "Knute Rockne All-American" [1940] starring Pat O'Brien & Ronald Reagan; "Kings Row" [1942]; "The Hasty Heart" [1949] starring Ronald Reagan & Patricia Neal; "Storm Warning" [1951] starring Ginger Rogers & Ronald Reagan; and "The Winning Team" [1952] starring Ronald Reagan & Doris Day; extras include theatrical trailer, shorts, color cartoons, featurette, radio broadcast |
 | "Ronald Reagan Centennial Collection" DVD Box Set [2011]
Warner Home Video b&w/color DVD [1/2011] 8 disks for $41.99 contains 8 feature films (7 b&w, 1 color): "Dark Victory" [1939] starring Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart & Ronald Reagan; "Knute Rockne All-American" [1940] starring Pat O'Brien & Ronald Reagan; "Kings Row" [1942]; "Desperate Journey" [1942] directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Errol Flynn & Ronald Reagan; "This Is The Army" Irving Berlin musical in Technicolor [1943] directed by Michael Curtiz, starring George Murphy & Lt. Ronald Reagan; "The Hasty Heart" [1949] starring Ronald Reagan & Patricia Neal; "Storm Warning" [1951] starring Ginger Rogers & Ronald Reagan; and "The Winning Team" [1952] starring Ronald Reagan & Doris Day; extras include commentaries, vintage newsreels, shorts, color cartoons, and more |
"Dark Victory" [April 1939] /tt0031210/
starring Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan
"Knute Rockne All-American" [Oct 1940] /tt0032676/
starring Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp
"Kings Row" [Feb 1942] /tt0034946/
starring Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field
"Shoot Yourself Some Golf" [April 1942]
11-minute short film /tt0296212/
featuring Ronald Reagan & Jane Wyman
"Desperate Journey" [Warner Bros. Sept 1942]
Directed by Raoul Walsh; starring Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman,
Raymond Massey, Arthur Kennedy
full credits at IMDb
U.S. Army during World War II
It is interesting that Ronald Reagan – after becoming President of the United States – needed to lie about his past, to hype his role during World War II. First, Ronald Reagan often said that he never slept in any bed except his own (meaning that he was accorded great privilege, and lived at his residence in Beverly Hills and drove to work). Patent falsehood, since he received officer training in San Francisco. Second, Ronald Reagan said that he was commander at F.M.P.U. in Culver City; Lieutenant Reagan was the Adjutant (a desk job); the commanders at F.M.P.U. were a series of 'bird' colonels:
Roy M. Jones, {somebody named} McDuffie, Owen Crump & William Keighley.
Thirdly, Ronald Reagan actually claimed credit late in life for 'the discovery of Marilyn Monroe', a falsehood. What happened was that the photographers seemed to have nothing to do one Summer day in 1945, so then-Capt. Reagan ordered them to go photograph young women, such as at the beach in swimsuits, with the intention of sending the pictures to Yank Magazine or Stars & Stripes to help build the morale of soldiers & sailors in uniform. Photographer David Conover found Norma Jean Baker Dougherty at an aircraft plant in Van Nuys, realized her potential (and simply fell in love with the girl), took several rolls of color & b&w photos, and helped her get signed with a modeling agency.
{story at 'Immortal Marilyn' website}
U.S.A.A.F. First Motion Picture Unit Page at Magic Lantern
 | "Beyond The Line of Duty" 22-minute short [Warner/F.M.P.U. Nov 1942] Narrated by Lt. Ronald Reagan, featuring war hero Capt. Hewitt T. Wheless; won Oscar for Best Short Subject video/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb |
"For God and Country" 43-minute featurette [F.M.P.U./M.G.M. 1943]
tt0145781/ The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized thru the stories of three chaplains;
narrated by Walter Huston; starring Ronald Reagan, Hugh Marlowe, Richard Whorf
"Cadet Classification" short [F.M.P.U. 1943]
/tt0275240/ Narrated by Lt. Ronald Reagan
"Recognition of The Japanese Zero Fighter" [F.M.P.U. Feb 1943]
/tt0036054/ 19-minute training film narrated by Art Gilmore; starring Ronald Reagan & Craig Stevens
"The Rear Gunner" two-reeler [Warner/F.M.P.U. April 1943] /tt0036293/
Directed by Ray Enright; narrated by Knox Manning; starring Burgess Meredith, Ronald Reagan, Dane Clark
"This Is The Army" [Warner Bros. Aug 1943]
Irving Berlin musical in Technicolor; directed by Michael Curtiz; starring George Murphy & Lt. Ronald Reagan
http://www.amazon.com/This-Army-Ronald-Reagan/dp/B00005LDCR/
http://www.amazon.com/This-Army-Ronald-Reagan/dp/B0002HODQ8/
http://www.amazon.com/This-Army-Warner-Bros-Restored/dp/B001KY0N6Q/
"Resisting Enemy Interrogation" [F.M.P.U. Aug 1944] /tt0037215/
70-minute feature film produced by Ronald Reagan; starring Arthur Kennedy, Lloyd Nolan,
Don Porter, Craig Stevens, Mel Tormι; Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature
"Stilwell Road" [1945] /tt0246953/
51-minute documentary about the wartime construction of the 478-mile road from India to Burma that
enabled delivery of supplies to Chinese forces fighting the Japanaese; narrated by Ronald Reagan
http://www.amazon.com/Stilwell-Road-Ronald-Reagan/dp/B00551WU0W/
http://www.amazon.com/Stilwell-Road-Ronald-Reagan/dp/B00005OSKZ/
http://www.amazon.com/Stilwell-Road-VHS-Ronald-Reagan/dp/6300210707/
"Wings For This Man" [F.M.P.U. 1945] /tt0816708/
20-minute documentary short tribute to the Afro-American flyers trained at the
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama; narrated by Ronald Reagan
"Target Tokyo" [F.M.P.U./R.K.O. May 1945] /tt0037349/
22-minute documentary short narrated by Ronald Reagan, featuring General Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold
and airmen of the XXIst Bomber Command
"The Fight For The Sky" [F.M.P.U. June 1945] /tt0173827/
20-minute documentary short narrated by Ronald Reagan, featuring General James Harold 'Jimmy' Doolittle
Movie & TV Star - Part 2
Ronald Reagan credits [1937-96] at Internet Movie Database
search DVDs on keywords 'Ronald Reagan' at Amazon
"Stallion Road" [Warner Bros. April 1947] /tt0039865/
starring Ronald Reagan, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Peggy Knudsen & Patti Brady
"That Hagen Girl" [Warner Bros. Oct 1947] /tt0039892/
starring Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Lois Maxwell
"The Voice of The Turtle" [Warner Bros. Dec 1947] /tt0039969/
starring Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden, Wayne Morris
"John Loves Mary" [Warner Bros. Feb 1949] /tt0041526/
starring Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Patricia Neal, Wayne Morris, Edward Arnold, Virginia Field
"The Hasty Heart" [Dec 1949] /tt0041445/
starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd
"Storm Warning" [Jan 1951] /tt0044075/
starring Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Steve Cochran
"The Winning Team" [1952] /tt0045332/
starring Doris Day, Ronald Reagan, Frank Lovejoy
"G.E. True Theater" TV series host [1954-62] /tt0045395/
"Startime" TV series host [1960] /tt0052511/
"Death Valley Days" TV series host [1964-66] /tt0044259/
Political Career
president of the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-53 & 1959-60
33rd Governor of California, 1967-1975
40th President of the United States, January 1981 January 1989
Political Film Festival Pages
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"1980 Presidential Debates" /tt1724586/
"Reagan: The First 100 Days" episode of "NBC White Paper" TV series [1981] /tt0325872/
"1984 Presidential Debates" /tt1730256/
"How It Was: The Shooting of Ronald Reagan" TV documentary [2007] /tt1167318/
"Ronald Reagan's Greatest Speeches 4 DVD Set: Twelve Complete Speeches Following
The Great Communicator From 1964 To His Farewell Address" [] /B001QXH8B4/
"Salute To Reagan: A President's Greatest Moments" (2004)
http://www.amazon.com/Salute-Reagan-Presidents-Greatest-Moments/dp/B000067J3D/
"Coverup: Behind The Iran-Contra Affair" [VHS 2001] /6301045661/
Starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Brooks, Barbara Honegger
Writings of Ronald Reagan
"Ronald Reagan: In His Own Words" [] by Tyler Richmond
http://www.amazon.com/Ronald-Reagan-His-Words-ebook/dp/B006JQS060/
Family
first wife Sarah Jane Mayfield Wyman Futterman Reagan Karger [1917-2007]
{actress Jane Wyman} married 1940-49
daughter Maureen Elizabeth Reagan [19412001]
adopted son Michael Edward Reagan [b. 1945]
daughter Christine Reagan [1947, lived only 2 days]
second wife Nancy Davis Reagan [b. 1921] - married March 1952, widowed 2004
Vox Populi fansite
Wikipedia
"Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Home Video" [VHS] /6302142415/
"Biography - Nancy Reagan: President's Leading Lady Starring Nancy Reagan (2006) /B000FKP0F0/
daughter Patricia Ann {Patti Davis} Reagan Grilley [b. 10/1952]
son Ronald Prescott 'Ron' Reagan [b. 1958]
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