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Reagan - The Hollywood Years (Paperback)
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Reagan - The Hollywood Years (Paperback)
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Loot Price R564
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The compelling biography of an American icon's early years-as an
aspiring actor, Hollywood star, and family man.
Ronald Reagan was one of the most powerful and popular American
presidents. The key to understanding his political success and the
remarkable likability and effortless charisma that made it possible
lies embedded in his early years as a Hollywood movie star.
Using never-before-published interviews, documents, and other
materials, acclaimed writer and biographer Marc Eliot sheds new
light on Reagan's film and television work opposite some of the
most talented women of the time; his starlet-strewn bachelor days;
his tumultuous first marriage to Jane Wyman and his career-making
second marriage to Nancy Davis; his controversial eight years as
the president of the Screen Actors Guild; his place in the "Irish
Mafia" alongside Pat O'Brien, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, and
Errol Flynn; and his friendships with Jimmy Stewart and William
Holden, as well as with super-agent Lew Wasserman, who was
instrumental in developing the persona that would prove essential
to Reagan's future as a world leader.
Set against the glamorous and often combative background of
Hollywood's Golden Age, Eliot's biography provides a nuanced
examination of the man and uncovers the startling origins of the
legend.
"A fresh look . . . [at] the genesis of Reagan's later public
persona."
--"New York Times"
"Film critic and historian Marc Eliot has dug up even more about
young sportscaster 'Dutch' Reagan, his journey west to Hollywood,
his B-movie career . . . his relationship with super-agent Lew
Wasserman, and his rocky marriage to his first wife, actresss Jane
Wyman."
--"USA Today"
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