Hollywood's Loss, America's Gain Reagan's Journey to the White House

He married actress Jane Wyman on January 26, 1940, and divorced on June 28, 1948. After serving several terms as the President of the Screen Actors' Guild (1947 ... In 1937, Reagan began his acting career after signing a contract with Warner Bros. studios. He acted in a number of films throughout his 10-year contract and ... point in Ronald Reagan's life. Ronald Reagan began a long side-career of public speaking as his acting career closed out. He traveled across ... SAG president Ronald Reagan failed to rise to the occasion during the pivotal 1960 Screen Actors Guild strike, when veteran Hollywood stars and supporting ... ... stop acting the politician and stick to being an ... Ronald Reagan suffering, but rather Dennis Quaid acting Ronald Reagan's suffering. Ronald Reagan was an American actor whose first screen credit was the starring role in the film Love Is on the Air (1937). He later starred in Brother Rat ... Reagan's ulterior motive, however, was to see if he could make it in the motion picture industry. He had fond memories of his high school and college acting ... He was assigned as a liaison officer and later a public relations officer. He produced more than 400 training films. His career suffered for his ... The CSU planned to set up picket lines at Warner Brothers Studios. Reagan investigated the strike for the Screen Actors Guild, and he decided that the strike ... Working in Hollywood, Reagan learned to revere and read public opinion, a skill that served him greatly in politics, a new book argues.