Tony Thomas Ronald Reagan and his films
Goldmann
1985 Language: German
128 pages
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Even at the meeting by Marc Eliot's wonderful Book "Reagan - The Hollywood Years" few months ago I had expressed the view that Ronald Reagan contrary to a popular and this country, widespread prejudice as an actor was a joke not, but a very successful contract players (something that time there were in Hollywood yet) the 30's to 50's. He was never, certainly also because there is no doubt the truly great stars of the time. Ronald Reagan was not a Erol Flynn and no James Stewart . But he had just won the first actor in Hollywood history, who signed a contract for a million dollars. And - unfortunately - he reached with the movies "Knut Rockne, All American" and "Kings Row" interrupted the height of his career just at a time as this career through the draft for military service during World War II. It can only be speculated what would have made Reagan can be, especially when the formidable from his performance in "Kings Row" fame would have directly resulting in large additional roles can transform. But even if we only look at the roles he has assumed in fact, Reagan is a man who has achieved what millions of people dream of, namely, a career in Hollywood. Unfortunately, his future presidency events as to scorn and ridicule of his film career to distribute, as for his role opposite a chimpanzee in "Bedtime for Bonzo" . There are several other Hollywood actors who have broken one of the golden rules of the industry and shared the lead with an animal. But only Reagan is widely discounted to today in this role.
If you want to know more about Reagan's 53 films found in the A4-sized book " Ronald Reagan and his films" that is to have at Amazon Marketplace for a knockdown price, a surprisingly sophisticated and detailed Overview. I was in the order not sure what to expect - a clumsy jubilee or one of the early 80s mainly in the left camp, so popular with the general statements from the actor as president ascended former radio announcer Ronald Reagan. To my delight, turned out the work as neither of the two, but as an objective, fair, by no means uncritical depiction of Reagan's cinematic creativity. Every single strip is called accompanied by photos, with creation and actors and highlighted below. What is it about? What is the role of Reagan? Temporal context in which he played the role? Like his performance and the film, a total assessed? For me, the book is a wonderful addition to Eliot's depiction of Reagan's Hollywood time.
is the way YouTube an excellent source for those who want to experience Reagan in his best screen scenes and as a television presenter of General Electric Theatre . Here are two examples: first
is Ronald Reagan in "Knute Rockne, All American"
The following video of a collected with scenes from Reagan's political and cinematic career. Only when 3:01 minutes is the famous scene from "Knute Rockne" to see in the Reagan, in his role as football player George "Gipper" Gipp on his deathbed and that sentence is saying that the phrase "Win one for the Gipper " later in America had become a catchphrase, at least as well known as " Play it again, Sam! . Although the sentence is a little different, as described by Eliot in his book, it's a touching scene that works through Reagan's youth and (external) vitality immensely disturbing.
second Ronald Reagan in "Kings Row"
Here Reagan plays a young man to whom a sadistic surgeon needlessly amputated both legs (as punishment because Drake is in love with his daughter). The decisive moment of the film is that, as Drake from anesthesia wakes and the amputation with the words "Where is the rest of me?" (Later the title of Reagan's first autobiography ) notes. Even the always critical Eliot speaks of "the finest moment of a sustained performance that would serve as the hallmark of Reagan's entire acting career". Moreover, he concedes: "Reagan's performance would serve as a model for dozens of future movies built around physical and metaphorical 'incompleteness'." On the following video from the scene 1:09 minutes be seen.
is Ronald Reagan in "Knute Rockne, All American"
The following video of a collected with scenes from Reagan's political and cinematic career. Only when 3:01 minutes is the famous scene from "Knute Rockne" to see in the Reagan, in his role as football player George "Gipper" Gipp on his deathbed and that sentence is saying that the phrase "Win one for the Gipper " later in America had become a catchphrase, at least as well known as " Play it again, Sam! . Although the sentence is a little different, as described by Eliot in his book, it's a touching scene that works through Reagan's youth and (external) vitality immensely disturbing.
second Ronald Reagan in "Kings Row"
Here Reagan plays a young man to whom a sadistic surgeon needlessly amputated both legs (as punishment because Drake is in love with his daughter). The decisive moment of the film is that, as Drake from anesthesia wakes and the amputation with the words "Where is the rest of me?" (Later the title of Reagan's first autobiography ) notes. Even the always critical Eliot speaks of "the finest moment of a sustained performance that would serve as the hallmark of Reagan's entire acting career". Moreover, he concedes: "Reagan's performance would serve as a model for dozens of future movies built around physical and metaphorical 'incompleteness'." On the following video from the scene 1:09 minutes be seen.
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