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Suddenly, this hugely powerful gossip columnist

Suddenly, this hugelypowerful gossip columnist latches on to thisgood-looking, young guy,...

The Reagans • S01E01 • 2020

Suddenly, this hugely
powerful gossip columnist latches on to this
good-looking, young guy, essentially becomes his sponsor. But it starts, as to my mean, if you took people
and built them, exploited them,
and developed them, as I did with Greta
Garbo, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and all
of those young women. [Interviewer] You mean
by signing them up, putting them under contract and publicizing them? Well, I think people
shop for stars. Well, here's to you, Louella. And to you. Now I see a great many more
celebrities coming down here. I'm gonna try and get some
of them up to the microphone to say hello to you. I'm sure that you're
going to wanna meet... [Jonathan] In many ways
he was playing himself in almost all of his movies. He was always the
dependable one, often the best friend and just had this winning way

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Suddenly, this hugely powerful gossip columnist

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latches on to this good-looking, young guy,

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essentially becomes his sponsor.

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But it starts, as to my mean,

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if you took people and built them,

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exploited them, and developed them,

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as I did with Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford,

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Norma Shearer, and all of those young women.

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[Interviewer] You mean by signing them up,

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putting them under contract

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and publicizing them?

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Well, I think people shop for stars.

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Well, here's to you, Louella.

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And to you.

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Now I see a great many more celebrities coming down here.

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I'm gonna try and get some of them up to the microphone

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to say hello to you.

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I'm sure that you're going to wanna meet...

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[Jonathan] In many ways he was playing himself

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in almost all of his movies.

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He was always the dependable one,

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often the best friend

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and just had this winning way.

Duration

50 seconds

Views

60

Timestamp in Movie

00:08:47

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...