"Unit in December 1945, Reagan co-starred in such films as ""The Voice of the Turtle"", ""John Loves Mary"", ""The Hasty Heart"", ""Bedtime for Bonzo"", ""Cattle Queen of Montana"", ""Tennessee's Partner"", ""Hellcats of the Navy"" (the only film in which he appears with Nancy Reagan), and the 1964 remake ""The Killers"" (his final film). Throughout his film career, Reagan's mother answered much of his fan mail. After completing 14 home-study Army Extension Courses, Reagan enlisted in the Army Enlisted Reserve and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps of the Cavalry on May 25, 1937. On April 18,"
"a major box office flop earning $449,000 domestically and $249,000 foreign. Night Unto Night Night Unto Night is a 1949 Film Noir drama film directed by Don Siegel and written by Kathryn Scola. It is based on the 1944 novel by Philip Wylie. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp, Osa Massen and Art Baker. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 10, 1949. Fifteen years later, Siegel would direct Reagan's final film, 1964's ""The Killers"". John Gaylord is in Florida, looking for a new place to live. Gaylord is a former scientist who"
"a double amputee in 1942's ""Kings Row"", in which he recites the line, ""Where's the rest of me?"", later used as the title of his 1965 autobiography. Many film critics considered ""Kings Row"" to be his best movie, though the film was condemned by ""The New York Times"" critic Bosley Crowther. Although Reagan considered ""Kings Row"" the film that ""made me a star"", he was unable to capitalize on his success because he was ordered to active duty two months after its release, and never regained the ""stardom"" which he had previously enjoyed. After the outbreak of war, Reagan, an"
"good ""theater-quality"" prints as seen on the networks. Unlike the major networks, nearly all local stations used 16 mm film chains. With the demand for movies increasing during the 1960s, made-for-television films would soon be created by NBC, along with some help from now-sister company Universal. The first, made during the 1963–64 season, was to have been a new version of Ernest Hemingway's ""The Killers"" with Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and future US President Ronald Reagan, but NBC deemed the film too violent for television, so it was released in theaters instead. It was Reagan's last film before he entered"
"dedicated on February 9, 1960. ""(for releases not mentioned in the ""General"" sources)"" Ronald Reagan filmography The filmography of Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) includes many motion pictures and television episodes. Reagan's acting career began in 1937 when he contracted with Warner Bros. Apart from his absence during World War II, Reagan would make most of his movies with Warner Bros. With the studio, he starred in such films as ""Dark Victory"", ""Knute Rockne, All American"", and ""Kings Row"" – which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1943. During World War II,"
"films, including ""To Have and Have Not"" (1944). His first film directing job was ""Too Young To Know"" (1945) for Warner Brothers. He directed 23 movies. One of the better known was ""Bedtime for Bonzo"" (1951) starring future President Ronald Reagan and a chimpanzee. He also directed Rock Hudson, Errol Flynn, Tony Curtis, Audie Murphy, Yvonne de Carlo, Bob Hope and Humphrey Bogart. Much of his career was at Universal Studios, where he was known for turning out entertaining pictures quickly, even with difficult actors, and on a low budget. His last film was ""Frankie and Johnny"" (1966) with Elvis"
"Bedtime for Democracy Bedtime for Democracy is the fourth and final studio album released by Dead Kennedys. Released in 1986, songs on this album cover common punk subjects often found in punk rock lyrics of the era as conformity, Reaganomics, the U.S. military, and critique of the hardcore punk movement. The album's title refers to the 1951 comedy film, ""Bedtime for Bonzo"" starring Ronald Reagan and also reflects the band's weary bitterness from the financially and emotionally draining trial they were being subjected to at the time over the controversial art included with their previous album. By the time recording"
"The Reagans The Reagans is a 2003 American made-for-television biographical drama film about U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his family. The network CBS had planned to broadcast the film in November 2003 during fall ""sweeps"", but was ultimately broadcast on November 30 of that year on cable channel Showtime due to controversy over its portrayal of Reagan. The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his governorship of California until Reagan's last day in office as President in 1989."
"He acted and narrated military training films such as ""Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter"" and ""Beyond the Line of Duty"", the latter of which later won the Academy Award for Best Short film. He returned to acting after the war but never achieved stardom. In 1952, he married fellow actress Nancy Davis. When his film roles began to dwindle in the mid-1950s, Reagan turned to television, where he hosted and acted in a number of programs, most notably as host of the ""General Electric Theater"" for eight years on CBS. Reagan retired from acting in 1965, and he became"
"Ronald Reagan filmography The filmography of Ronald Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) includes many motion pictures and television episodes. Reagan's acting career began in 1937 when he contracted with Warner Bros. Apart from his absence during World War II, Reagan would make most of his movies with Warner Bros. With the studio, he starred in such films as ""Dark Victory"", ""Knute Rockne, All American"", and ""Kings Row"" – which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1943. During World War II, Reagan served in the Army Air Force, assigned to the film production unit."
"seasons from 1953 to 1962, which increased Reagan's profile in American households. He had previously appeared in feature films mostly in supporting roles or as a ""second lead"". In his final work as a professional actor, Reagan was a host and performer from 1964 to 1965 on the television series ""Death Valley Days"". Reagan and future wife Nancy Davis appeared together on television several times, including an episode of ""General Electric Theater"" in 1958 called ""A Turkey for the President."" In 1938, Reagan co-starred in the film ""Brother Rat"" with actress Jane Wyman (1917–2007). They announced their engagement at the"
"Night Unto Night Night Unto Night is a 1949 Film Noir drama film directed by Don Siegel and written by Kathryn Scola. It is based on the 1944 novel by Philip Wylie. The film stars Ronald Reagan, Viveca Lindfors, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp, Osa Massen and Art Baker. The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 10, 1949. Fifteen years later, Siegel would direct Reagan's final film, 1964's ""The Killers"". John Gaylord is in Florida, looking for a new place to live. Gaylord is a former scientist who now suffers from epilepsy, a fact he keeps hidden from Ann"
"release on November 13, 2018. The Last Movie The Last Movie is a 1971 drama film from Universal Pictures. It was written by Stewart Stern and directed by Dennis Hopper, who also played a horse wrangler named after the state of Kansas. It also starred Peter Fonda, Henry Jaglom and Michelle Phillips. Production of the movie, which cost $1 million, took place in the film's major setting, Peru. Kansas (Hopper) is a stunt coordinator in charge of horses on a western being shot in a small Peruvian village. Following a tragic incident on the set where an actor is killed"
"also a hero of Karl May films, in ""Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt"" (""Killer's Carnival"") (1966). In the German Edgar Wallace film series of the 1960s, he was seen in ""The Trygon Factor"" (1966). He starred in several Eurospy films such as ""Red Dragon"" (1965), ""Target for Killing"" (1966) and ""Requiem for a Secret Agent"" (1966). He shot ""The Crooked Road"" (1965) in Yugoslavia and ""The Trygon Factor"" (1966) in Germany. His last studio picture was ""The Last Safari"" (1967), shot in Africa and directed by Henry Hathaway. In 1970 he described his recent films as ""movies not even"
"Ronald Reagan's political agenda in ""The Coming Boom: Economic, Political, and Social"" and bluntly derided Jonathan Schell's claims about the long-term effects of nuclear war. On July 7 that year, he died of a stroke, aged 61. Along with John von Neumann, Edward Teller and Wernher von Braun, Kahn was, reportedly, an inspiration for the character ""Dr. Strangelove"" in the eponymous film by Stanley Kubrick released in 1964. It was also said that Kubrick immersed himself in Kahn's book ""On Thermonuclear War"". In the film, Dr. Strangelove refers to a report on the Doomsday Machine by the ""BLAND Corporation"". Kahn"
"of his 1965 autobiography. Many film critics considered ""Kings Row"" to be his best movie, though the film was condemned by ""The New York Times"" critic Bosley Crowther. Although ""Kings Row"" was good enough to make Reagan a star—Warner immediately tripled his salary to $3,000 a week—the film was released in February 1942, after the United States entered World War II. Early that year he was ordered to military active duty in San Francisco, and never became a true film star. In the post-war era, after being separated from almost four years of stateside service with the 1st Motion Picture"
"originally intended to be the first made-for-television movie, but released to theatres due to its violent content, Dickinson played a ""femme fatale"" opposite future U.S. President Ronald Reagan in his last movie role. Directed by Don Siegel, it was a remake of the 1946 version based on a story by Ernest Hemingway and the only film Reagan made in which he was cast as a villain. He viciously slaps Dickinson in one of the film's scenes. Dickinson co-starred in the comedy ""The Art of Love"" (1965), playing the love interest of both James Garner and Dick Van Dyke. She joined"
"Samiam and another joining Green Day. Bedtime for Democracy Bedtime for Democracy is the fourth and final studio album released by Dead Kennedys. Released in 1986, songs on this album cover common punk subjects often found in punk rock lyrics of the era as conformity, Reaganomics, the U.S. military, and critique of the hardcore punk movement. The album's title refers to the 1951 comedy film, ""Bedtime for Bonzo"" starring Ronald Reagan and also reflects the band's weary bitterness from the financially and emotionally draining trial they were being subjected to at the time over the controversial art included with their"
"for the role that eventually went to Cassavetes. After Cassavetes was signed to play the race car driver, director Siegel found out the actor could barely drive. Don Siegel had originally been hired as director of the earlier 1946 version of the same story, but had been fired. Actress Virginia Christine had also appeared in the 1946 version. According to the DVD commentary, Dickinson received the news during filming that her friend (and rumored romantic partner) President John F. Kennedy had been shot and killed. ""The Killers"" was Reagan's last acting role before entering politics, and the only villainous role"
"The Last Movie The Last Movie is a 1971 drama film from Universal Pictures. It was written by Stewart Stern and directed by Dennis Hopper, who also played a horse wrangler named after the state of Kansas. It also starred Peter Fonda, Henry Jaglom and Michelle Phillips. Production of the movie, which cost $1 million, took place in the film's major setting, Peru. Kansas (Hopper) is a stunt coordinator in charge of horses on a western being shot in a small Peruvian village. Following a tragic incident on the set where an actor is killed in a stunt, he decides"
"amputated by a sadistic surgeon, played by Coburn. When he comes to, following the operation, he gasps in shock, disbelief, and horror, ""Where's the REST of me???"" Reagan used that line as the title of his 1965 autobiography. Reagan and most film critics considered ""Kings Row"" his best film. Reagan called the film a ""slightly sordid but moving yarn"" that ""made me a star."" In 1890 in the small midwestern town of Kings Row, focusing on five children, Parris Mitchell, (who lives with his grandmother), Cassandra Tower, daughter of Dr. Alexander Tower, the wealthy and fun-loving orphan Drake McHugh, Louise"
"""The Robe"" with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons. The 1957 Elvis Presley's ""Jailhouse Rock"" attracted a thousand young people. At the end of the 1950s theaters were losing patrons to television, but the Paramount management responded with talent shows, prize nights, and advertising campaigns. For a second time the Paramount closed on September 15, 1970, because it no longer was able to compete with smaller movie theaters in the suburbs. The Paramount's last film was ""Let It Be"" (1970) with The Beatles. In 1971, a Warner Bros. movie, ""The Candidate"", starring Robert Redford, was filmed using the interior of the"
"including two ""Our Gang"" comedies, 1935's ""Our Gang Follies of 1936"" and 1938's ""Men in Fright"". He appeared in ""Citizen Kane"" as the son of Charles Foster Kane, and was the last surviving credited cast member of that film. He also appeared in the 1937 Three Stooges' ""Cash and Carry"", as well as such films as ""Love Is on the Air"" (Ronald Reagan's first film), ""The Renegade Trail"", ""Annie Oakley"" (with Barbara Stanwyck), ""Kid Millions"", ""Angels With Dirty Faces"", ""The Devil and Daniel Webster"" and ""Tennessee Johnson"". He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and, after his"
"Nick Offerman) says he will not shake Ronald Reagan's hand, because ""the man made a movie with a monkey, it wouldn't be dignified"". In the 2017 film ""War for the Planet of the Apes"", a human soldier's helmet has the title of the film written on it. In the final scene of the final episode of ""12 Monkeys"", Season 3, 'Witness', James Cole's Father tells the young James, 'Bed Time for Bonzo'. Bedtime for Bonzo Bedtime for Bonzo is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Fred de Cordova, starring Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, and Peggy as Bonzo. It revolves"
"considered to be the darkest, ""dirtiest"" and most violent film of the series. This is the last time Eastwood starred in a film with Sondra Locke. The line, ""Go ahead, make my day"", uttered by Eastwood is often cited as one of cinema's immortal lines and was famously referenced by President Ronald Reagan in his campaigns. The film features multiple extrajudicial killings by Harry. In 1984, Eastwood starred in the provocative thriller ""Tightrope"", inspired by newspaper articles about an elusive Bay Area rapist. Set in New Orleans (to avoid confusion with the ""Dirty Harry"" films), During filming, Eastwood had an"
"Ronald Reagan's final acting performance, a cold-blooded hit man in ""The Killers"". Enthused by the thought of following in Reagan's footsteps, Jerry is able to relax and make his first kill. Later, as the two wait for their next hit, Tom tells Jerry about their co-worker, Vic, who is rumored to have had an affair with Marilyn Monroe and assassinated John F. Kennedy. When the target arrives, Jerry asks to make the hit himself, and Tom impatiently watches as Jerry awkwardly attempts to make a clean kill. After Jerry simply pulls out the pistol and shoots the man head-on, they"
"Rock Hudson, and ""Avanti!"" (1972) in which he was a very convincing agent of the State Department. Among his other film credits are ""The Young Savages"" (1961), ""The Young Doctors"" (1961), ""Advise & Consent"" (1962), ""The Thrill of It All"" (1963), ""Good Neighbor Sam"" (1964), ""Youngblood Hawke"" (1964), ""Kisses for My President"" (1964), ""The Glass Bottom Boat"" (1966); ""The Trouble with Girls"" (1969) with Elvis Presley, ""Tora! Tora! Tora!"" (1970) as Admiral Harold R. Stark, ""How to Frame a Figg"" (1971), ""The Million Dollar Duck"" (1971), ""Now You See Him, Now You Don't"" (1972), ""Charley and the Angel"" (1973), and"
"Part of that mandate included showing newsreels, cartoons and short subjects before feature films. It was then that he began purchasing short films to precede the features. The Rosebud Movie Palace closed on August 31, 1981. During the last month, one and two night runs of classic films were screened under the heading of ""The Greatest Movies Never Shown"" including silent films: ""The Black Pirate"" (1926), ""Blood and Sand"" (1992) ""Kriemhild's Revenge"" (1924), ""The Cat and the Canary"" (1927), ""Hearts of the World"" (1918), ""The Joyless Street"" (1925), and ""The Marriage Circle"" (1924). The last film was ""Sullivan's Travels"" (1941)"
"organize the workers and stop Lukats' scheme. The film was based on a 1939 novel by Tom Gill called ""Gentlemen of the Jungle"" about a banana plantation in British Honduras. In May 1951 the producers at Pine-Thomas Productions read a copy of the novel en route to the premiere of their film ""The Last Outpost"" in Tuscon. They bought the film rights intending to make it a vehicle for Rhoda Fleming, as the last of a four-picture deal she had with Pine-Thomas. (Earlier films included ""Last Outpost"", ""Crosswinds"" and ""Hong Kong"".) Ronald Reagan eventually signed to co star. Estelita Rodriguez"
"Paramount she played the title role in a Western with Glenn Ford, ""The Redhead and the Cowboy"" (1951). In 1950 she ended her association with Selznick after eight years, even though her current contract with him had another five years to run. Fleming signed a three-picture deal with Paramount. Pine-Thomas used her as Ronald Reagan's leading lady in a Western, ""The Last Outpost"" (1951), John Payne's leading lady in the adventure film ""Crosswinds"" (1951), and Reagan again in ""Hong Kong"" (1951). She sang on NBC's ""Colgate Comedy Hour"" during the same live telecast that featured Errol Flynn, on September 30,"
"boingy protest music that never existed anywhere except in the imagination of the makers of this hilarious atrocity."" Soon after the film was completed, copies of it were requested for viewing by the White House; it was seen by Ronald Reagan and his advisers at Camp David and they reportedly enjoyed the film. It was also enjoyed by Alexander Haig, Reagan's former Secretary of State, who had recently joined the board of MGM/UA. On his recommendation, MGM/UA bought the film for distribution in the US. They retitled it ""The Final Option"". In an interview, Haig praised the film as a"
"in the War, Daddy?"" (both released in 1966), ""The Happening"" (1967), ""Bullitt"" (1968), and the Western television series ""Cimarron Strip"". His other assistant directorial credits include ""The Great White Hope"" (1970), ""The Reivers"" (1969), ""Cinderella Liberty"" (1973), ""The Day of the Locust"" (1975), ""Farewell, My Lovely"" (1975) and ""Smile"" (1975). He then became a line producer. His credits include ""Straight Time"" (1978), ""A Small Circle of Friends"" (1980), ""The Long Riders"" (1980), ""Impulse"" (1984), ""Fandango"" (1985), ""The Running Man"" (1987), ""Lies of the Twins"" (1991), ""Street Fighter"" and ""The Island of Dr. Moreau"" (1996), his last producing credit. In 1985,"
"favorites for school science classrooms. It was eight years before he directed another theatrical film, ""A Hole in the Head"" (1959) with Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson, his first feature film in color. His final theatrical film was with Glenn Ford and Bette Davis, named ""Pocketful of Miracles"" (1961), a remake of his 1933 film ""Lady for a Day"". In the mid-1960s he worked on pre-production for an adaptation of Martin Caidin's novel ""Marooned,"" but budgetary constraints caused him to eventually shelve it. Capra's final film, ""Rendezvous in Space"" (1964), was an industrial film made for the Martin Marietta"