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[Interviewer] What was it, Mr. Warner
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The Reagans

Whatwas it, Mr. Warner, that caught your eye when you looked at thatfirst test of Reagan?...

[Interviewer] What
was it, Mr. Warner, that caught your eye when you looked at that
first test of Reagan? Well, he had his personality
projected in what, as I term it, off the
screen into the audience, it comes through. He had a good smile,
happy delivery, rather a little
good sense of humor. upbeat music In those days your Hollywood
life was a confection. It was something that
gossip columnists created

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[Interviewer] What was it, Mr. Warner,
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that caught your eye
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when you looked at that first test of Reagan?
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Well, he had his personality projected in what,
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as I term it, off the screen into the audience,
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it comes through.
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He had a good smile, happy delivery,
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rather a little good sense of humor.
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upbeat music
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In those days your Hollywood life was a confection.
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It was something that gossip columnists created.
Duration
33 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:30
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Altimeter Films,Showtime Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A four-part documentary series that explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagan's paper-doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husband's pr...
S01 • E01 That was an era when there were basically - The Reagans 00:32
That was an era when there were basically
S01 • E01 Suddenly, this hugely powerful gossip columnist - The Reagans 00:50
Suddenly, this hugely powerful gossip columnist
S01 • E01 Louella Parsons not only becomes the stage mother - The Reagans 00:38
Louella Parsons not only becomes the stage mother
S01 • E01 He was very assiduous about editing and shaping his story - The Reagans 00:46
He was very assiduous about editing and shaping his story
S01 • E01 upbeat music - The Reagans 00:19
upbeat music
S01 • E01 Both of his parents were Roosevelt Democrats - The Reagans 00:20
Both of his parents were Roosevelt Democrats
S01 • E01 FDR had put his father and his brother to work - The Reagans 00:07
FDR had put his father and his brother to work
S01 • E01 We were poor. - The Reagans 00:57
We were poor.
S01 • E01 In my father's version of the story, - The Reagans 00:49
In my father's version of the story,
S01 • E01 For Reagan, who held himself tight, - The Reagans 00:20
For Reagan, who held himself tight,
S01 • E01 [Ron] He trained himself to ignore the negative - The Reagans 00:10
[Ron] He trained himself to ignore the negative
S01 • E04 We recognize this as a form of illness and neurosis. - The Reagans 00:23
We recognize this as a form of illness and neurosis.
S01 • E04 [Alter] It was a political calculation - The Reagans 00:22
[Alter] It was a political calculation
S01 • E04 Reagan believed that he was President - The Reagans 00:40
Reagan believed that he was President
S01 • E01 That was the first time I believe - The Reagans 00:39
That was the first time I believe
S01 • E04 [cheers and applause] - The Reagans 00:20
[cheers and applause]
S01 • E01 [Nancy] Hello, so nice of you guys to be here. - The Reagans 00:15
[Nancy] Hello, so nice of you guys to be here.
S01 • E04 [Adelman] After the first morning of the Reykjavik Summit, - The Reagans 00:45
[Adelman] After the first morning of the Reykjavik Summit,
S01 • E02 As a sports announcer many years ago, - The Reagans 00:29
As a sports announcer many years ago,
S01 • E01 Underneath all of that - The Reagans 00:21
Underneath all of that