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 is hidden in his early years as a Hollywood movie
star.
Other biographers and Reagan in his two memoirs have skimmed over
the thirty years he spent as an actor, union activist, and ladies’
man. Now, for the first time, in this highly entertaining and
provocative new work, acclaimed film critic and historian Marc
Eliot reveals the truth of those formative years and presents a far
different and infinitely more detailed portrait of Reagan than ever
before.
Based on original research and never-before-published interviews,
documents, and other materials, Eliot sheds new light on Reagan’s
film and television work opposite some of the most talented women
of the time, including Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, and Ginger
Rogers; his starlet-strewn bachelor days when his name was linked
with Lana Turner and Susan Hayward; his first, rocky marriage to
actress Jane Wyman and his career-making second marriage to Nancy
Davis; his controversial eight years as the president of the Screen
Actors Guild; his friendships with Jimmy Stewart and William
Holden; his place in the “Irish Mafia” alongside Pat O’Brien,
Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Errol Flynn; and
the crucial role of 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 celebrated Golden Age, Eliot’s biography provides an
exceptionally nuanced examination of the man and uncovers the
startling origins of the legend.
From the Hardcover edition.
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