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71-429: Kings Row is a 1942 film starring Ann Sheridan , Robert Cummings , Ronald Reagan and Betty Field that tells a story of young people growing up in a small American town at the turn of the twentieth century. The picture was directed by Sam Wood . The film was adapted by Casey Robinson from a best-selling 1940 novel of the same name by Henry Bellamann . The musical score was composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold , and

142-722: A Fireman (1937) with Dick Foran for director John Farrow . She was a lead in The Patient in Room 18 (1937) and its sequel Mystery House (1938). Sheridan was in Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) with Litel for Farrow and supported Dick Powell in Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938). Universal borrowed her for a support role in Letter of Introduction (1938) at the behest of director John M. Stahl . For Farrow, she

213-435: A Love Song (1936); Black Legion (1937) with Humphrey Bogart ; The Great O'Malley (1937) with Pat O'Brien and Bogart, her first real break; San Quentin (1937), with O'Brien and Bogart, singing for the first time in a film; and Wine, Women and Horses (1937) with Barton MacLane . Sheridan moved into B picture leads: The Footloose Heiress (1937); Alcatraz Island (1937) with John Litel ; and She Loved

284-525: A Male War Bride (1949) with Cary Grant . Clara Lou Sheridan was born in Denton, Texas , on February 21, 1915, the youngest of five children (Kitty, Pauline, Mabel, and George) of garage mechanic George W. Sheridan and Lula Stewart (née Warren). According to Sheridan, her father was a grandnephew of Civil War Union general Philip Sheridan . She was active in dramatics at Denton High School and at North Texas State Teachers College . She also sang with

355-410: A billboard promoting Kings Row as "A Good Town. A Good, Clean Town. A Good Town to Live In and a Good Place to Raise Your Children." In his book City of Nets , author Otto Friedrich says that beneath the tranquil, small-town exterior was a "roiling inferno of fraud, corruption, treachery, hypocrisy, class warfare and ill-suppressed sex of all varieties: adultery, sadism, homosexuality, incest." The film

426-561: A bungling job", Crowther wrote, "are questions which they are probably mulling more anxiously than any one else." Crowther wrote that the film "turgidly unfolds on the screen", and is "one of the bulkiest blunders to come out of Hollywood in some time". The performances, particularly Cummings', were, he wrote, "totally lacking in conviction". The film, he wrote, "just shows a lot of people feeling bad". The Chicago Tribune saw Sheridan and Reagan as "real and believable" in their roles and that Cummings did "the best that could be done". Otherwise,

497-463: A death from cancer, deleted a mercy killing, and toned down the narrative's homosexual angle". It described Korngold's score as "haunting" and the sets "quite stunning". James Wong Howe's "gorgeous cinematography, meanwhile, maintains many layers of drama in deep focus, as befits this brooding tapestry". The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( James Wong Howe ), Best Director and Best Picture . The film

568-454: A film based on a story by Eleanore Griffin . She was going to make My Forbidden Past (originally titled Carriage Entrance ) at RKO. They fired her and Sheridan sued for $ 250,000 (equivalent to $ 3.2 million today) The New York Times reported the amount as $ 350,000 ($ 4.5 million today). Sheridan ultimately won $ 55,162 ($ 710,000 today). Sheridan made Woman on the Run (1950),

639-404: A form letter response to questions about recordings and sheet music. At the time, film scores for movie dramas were not published or recorded for commercial distribution. A soundtrack was not commercially available until 1979 when Chalfont Records , with the composer's son George Korngold as producer and an orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt , made an early digital recording. Subsequently,

710-467: A host of moronic or otherwise mentally diseased characters... people dying from cancer, suicides–these are the principal elements of the story." A film adaptation of Bellamann's controversial novel, modeled on his home town of Fulton, Missouri , presented significant problems for movie industry censors who sought to bring the film into conformity with the Hays Code . Screenwriter Casey Robinson believed

781-521: A long-term relationship with publicist Steve Hannagan that lasted until his death in 1953. Hannagan bequeathed Sheridan $ 218,399 (equivalent to $ 2.5 million today). Sheridan engaged in a romantic affair with Mexican actor Rodolfo Acosta , with whom she appeared in 1953's Appointment in Honduras . She and the married Acosta shared an apartment in Mexico City for several years, and Sheridan

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852-601: A natural something that Cassie should have." Wood believed that de Havilland, who refused the role, was too mature for the part. Lupino also refused it despite Wallis' emphatic arguments saying that it was "beneath her as an artist." Bette Davis wanted the part but the studio was against it because they believed that she would dominate the movie. Davis later suggested Betty Field . Among the other actresses considered for Cassandra were Katharine Hepburn , Adele Longmire , Marsha Hunt , Laraine Day , Susan Peters , Joan Leslie , Gene Tierney and Priscilla Lane . James Stephenson

923-666: A niche in the Chapel Columbarium at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in 2005. Wolfgang Reinhardt (producer) Wolfgang Reinhardt (13 December 1908 – 28 July 1979) was a German film producer and screenwriter. He was best known for co-writing the screenplay for the film Freud: The Secret Passion (1962), which earned him Academy Award and Writers Guild of America Award nominations. This biographical article related to film in Germany

994-462: A noir also starring Dennis O'Keefe which she produced. She wanted to make a film called Her Secret Diary . Woman on the Run was distributed by Universal, and Sheridan signed a contract with that studio. While there, she made Steel Town (1952), Just Across the Street (1952), and Take Me to Town (1953), a comedy with Sterling Hayden that was the first film directed by Douglas Sirk in

1065-442: A novel. He said that the script was being referred to his superior, Will Hays , "for a decision as to the acceptability of any production based upon the novel, Kings Row ." Robinson, Wallis and associate producer David Lewis met with Breen to resolve these issues with Wallis saying that the film would "illustrate how a doctor could relieve the internal destruction of a stricken community." Breen said that his office would approve

1136-512: A renewed will to live. Clear of conscience and reinvigorated as a fledgling psychiatrist, Parris rushes to his former home and into Elise’s arms. Wolfgang Reinhardt refused an assignment to produce the film, saying, "As far as plot is concerned, the material in Kings Row is for the most part either censurable or too gruesome and depressing to be used. The hero finding out that his girl has been carrying on incestuous relations with her father...

1207-515: A smash-hit trucking melodrama. Sheridan was back with Cagney for City for Conquest (1941) and then made Honeymoon for Three (1941), a comedy with George Brent . Sheridan did two lighter films: Navy Blues (1941), a musical comedy, and The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) with Bette Davis , wherein she played a character modeled on Gertrude Lawrence . She then made Kings Row (1942), in which she received top billing playing opposite Ronald Reagan , Robert Cummings , and Betty Field . It

1278-586: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7024 Hollywood Boulevard . Sheridan married actor Edward Norris August 16, 1936, in Ensenada , Mexico. They separated a year later and divorced in 1939. On January 5, 1942, she married fellow Warner Bros. star George Brent , who co-starred with her in Honeymoon for Three (1941); they divorced exactly one year later. Following her divorce from Brent, she had

1349-500: A surgeon with a penchant for unnecessary amputations, a girl who 'made friends on one side of the tracks and made love on the other'." TV Guide wrote that Kings Row was "one of the most memorable melodramas of its day", in that it portrayed "a small town not with the poignancy and little joys of Thornton Wilder's Our Town but rather in grim, often tragic tones". The magazine described the film as "one of director Wood's finest films" and praised Robinson's screenplay "even if he cut out

1420-675: A week (equivalent to $ 1,710 in 2023 ), where she played mostly uncredited bit parts for the next two years. She can be glimpsed in the following 1934 films, and if credited, as Clara Lou Sheridan: Bolero , Come On Marines! , Murder at the Vanities , Shoot the Works , Kiss and Make-Up with Cary Grant , The Notorious Sophie Lang , College Rhythm (directed by Norman Taurog whom Sheridan admired), Ladies Should Listen with Cary Grant, You Belong to Me , Wagon Wheels , The Lemon Drop Kid with Lee Tracy , Mrs. Wiggs of

1491-621: A year, touring with the USO to perform in front of the troops as far afield as China. She returned in One More Tomorrow (1946) with Morgan. She had an excellent role in the noir Nora Prentiss (1947), which was a hit. It was followed by The Unfaithful (1948), a remake of The Letter , and Silver River (1948), a Western melodrama with Errol Flynn . Leo McCarey borrowed her to support Gary Cooper in Good Sam (1948). She

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1562-477: Is "strange". They play together regularly. The boys are best friends and Randy plays with them sometimes. When Dr. Tower takes Cassie out of school and she is confined at home, Parris does not see her for many years. He finally meets her again when she opens the door for him to begin his medical studies under Dr. Tower's tutelage. However, she is very hesitant and says almost nothing. The next morning, Parris' best friend, Drake, says that he intends to marry Louise who

1633-558: Is a eulogy for American small town life in the Victorian era. At one point a character laments at seeing Parris' grandmother getting older: "A whole way of life. A way of gentleness and honor and dignity. These things are going... and they may never come back to this world." The film's musical score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold was so popular with the public that the Warner Brothers Music Department drafted

1704-657: Is about to go overseas for medical school. Parris wants to marry Cassie after he returns from his training. One night Cassie comes desperately to him, begging him to take her with him. When Parris hesitates, she runs back home. The next morning, Drake learns that Dr. Tower has poisoned Cassie and shot himself and has left his entire estate to Parris. Parris finds Dr. Tower's notebook which showed that he killed Cassie because he believed he saw early signs that she might go insane like her mother and he wanted to prevent Parris from ruining his life by marrying her, just as Tower's life had been ruined by marrying Cassie's mother. While Parris

1775-493: Is even harder to be happy for them for there's precious little to be happy about. Kings Row , to say the best for it, is a frightening town with a disturbing citizenry…. There might have been a point to all this grimness. It stood up well in the book even amid the grimness of war. But at the Astor, the mood takes precedence over the characters and their drama. Kings Row is more horrifying than poignant. It seems to be played more for

1846-503: Is in Vienna, Drake begins to court Randy. Drake's trust fund is stolen by a dishonest bank president and he is forced into a menial position with the railroad. His legs are injured in an accident and amputated by Dr. Gordon. Drake and Randy marry but he is embittered by the loss of his legs and refuses to leave his bed. Parris exchanges letters with Randy who tells her how she might best support Drake emotionally. Parris allows them to move into

1917-466: Is in love with him as well despite the disapproval of her father, Dr. Gordon. Louise, however, refuses to defy her parents and will not marry him. As Parris continues his studies with Dr. Tower, he and Cassie begin a secret romance, seeing each other at Drake’s house. But he and Dr. Tower have a good relationship as well. Dr. Tower has interested Parris in psychiatry which he intends to study in Vienna. Parris' grandmother becomes ill from cancer and dies as he

1988-553: Is packed with the best talent at the Warners command…. David Lewis has given it all an unstinted production and James Wong Howe, one of Hollywood's best shooters, has turned the cameras on it. So full of great promise, Kings Row came last night to the Astor Theater…. It should have been great but it isn't…. Kings Row never comes to life. Its characters are made of clay…. It is hard to feel sorry for them for they are unreal. It

2059-427: Is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: In the film, Reagan's character, Drake McHugh, has both legs 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

2130-423: Is reminiscent of the adventures of Nancy Drew . It is part of a series known as "Whitman Authorized Editions", 16 books published between 1941 and 1947 that always featured a film actress as heroine. Sheridan was given the lead in the musical Shine On, Harvest Moon (1944), playing Nora Bayes , opposite Dennis Morgan . She was in a comedy, The Doughgirls (1944). Sheridan was absent from screens for over

2201-405: Is seen only through the upstairs window; the orphaned but wealthy and fun-loving Drake McHugh who is best friends with Parris; Louise Gordon, daughter of the town physician Dr. Henry Gordon; and the tomboy Randy Monaghan, from the wrong side of the tracks, whose father, Tom, is a railroad worker. Parris is both friends with and is drawn to Cassandra whom the other children avoid because her family

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2272-545: The NBC soap opera Another World . Her final role was as Henrietta Hanks in the television comedy Western series Pistols 'n' Petticoats , which was filmed while she became increasingly ill in 1966, and was broadcast on CBS on Saturday nights. The 19th episode of the series, "Beware the Hangman", aired as scheduled on the same day that she died in 1967. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Ann Sheridan has

2343-651: The "oomph" tag." She continued, "But I'm sorry now. I know if it hadn't been for 'oomph' I'd probably still be in the chorus." This was later referenced and spoofed on the 1941 animated short Hollywood Steps Out . Sheridan co-starred with Dick Powell in Naughty but Nice (1939) and played a wacky heiress in Winter Carnival (1939). She was top billed in Indianapolis Speedway (1939) with O'Brien and Angels Wash Their Faces (1939) with

2414-622: The 1948 presidential elections. In 1966, Sheridan began starring in a new television series, a Western-themed comedy called Pistols 'n' Petticoats . She became ill during the filming and died of esophageal cancer with massive liver metastases at age 51 on January 21, 1967, in Los Angeles. She was cremated and her ashes were in the private vault at Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles until they were reinterned in

2485-566: The Cabbage Patch , Ready for Love , Limehouse Blues with George Raft and Anna May Wong , and One Hour Late . Along with fellow contractees, Sheridan worked with Paramount's drama coach Nina Moise and performed on the studio lot in such plays as The Milky Way and The Pursuit of Happiness . While in The Milky Way , Paramount decided to change her first name from Clara Lou to the same as her character Ann. Sheridan

2556-746: The Dead End Kids and Ronald Reagan . Castle on the Hudson (1940) put her opposite Garfield and O'Brien. Sheridan's first real starring vehicle was It All Came True (1940), a musical comedy costarring Bogart and Jeffrey Lynn . She introduced the song " Angel in Disguise ". Sheridan and Cagney were reunited in Torrid Zone (1940) with O'Brien in support. She was with George Raft , Bogart and Ida Lupino in They Drive by Night (1940),

2627-624: The Hays Code wrote the producers that "To attempt to translate such a story to the screen even though it be re-written to conform to the provisions of the Production Code is, in our judgment, a very questionable undertaking from the standpoint of the good and welfare of this industry." Breen objected to "illicit sexual relationships" between characters in the movie "without sufficient compensating moral values". He also objected to "the general suggestion of loose sex...which carries throughout

2698-642: The Hunter (1957), was shot in Africa. She performed in stage tours of Kind Sir (1958) and Odd Man In (1959), and The Time of Your Life at the Brussels World Fair in 1958. In all three shows, she acted with Scott McKay, whom she later married. In 1962, she played the lead in the Western series Wagon Train episode titled "The Mavis Grant Story". In the mid-1960s, Sheridan appeared on

2769-493: The Towers' estate. They decide to borrow money and start a business building houses for working families. Parris returns from Vienna to Kings Row to see Drake. But when Parris suggests they build a home in their own development away from the railroad tracks and the sounds of the trains which plague Drake, he becomes hysterical and makes Randy swear to never make him leave the room. When Parris learns that Dr. Gordon has died, leaving

2840-634: The United States. Sheridan starred with Glenn Ford in Appointment in Honduras (1953), directed by Jacques Tourneur . She appeared opposite Steve Cochran in Come Next Spring (1956) and was one of several stars in MGM's The Opposite Sex (1956), a remake of The Women starring June Allyson , Joan Collins , Dolores Gray , Sheridan and Ann Miller . Her last film, Woman and

2911-562: The actress with the most "oomph" in America. "Oomph" was described as "a certain indefinable something that commands male interest". She received as many as 250 marriage proposals from fans in a single week. Sheridan reportedly loathed the sobriquet that made her a popular pin-up girl in the early 1940s. However, she expressed in a February 25, 1940, news story distributed by the Associated Press that she no longer "bemoaned

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2982-403: The chills of fright than for the warmth of drama. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 17 critics gave the film a positive review with an average rating of 7.9/10, earning it a Fresh score. Time Out Film Guide described the film as "one of the great melodramas" and "as compulsive and perverse as any election, a veritable Mount Rushmore of emotional and physical cripples, including

3053-410: The cinematographer was James Wong Howe . The supporting cast features Charles Coburn , Claude Rains , Judith Anderson and Maria Ouspenskaya . In the small midwestern town of Kings Row, five children grow up together in the 1890s: Parris Mitchell, a polite, clever little boy who lives with his grandmother; pretty blonde Cassandra Tower, daughter of the secretive Dr. Alexander Tower and a mother that

3124-461: The college's stage band and played basketball on the North Texas women's basketball team. Then, in 1933, Sheridan won the prize of a bit part in an upcoming Paramount film, Search for Beauty , when her sister Kitty entered Sheridan's photograph into a beauty contest. After the release of Search for Beauty in 1934, Paramount put the 19-year-old under contract at a starting salary of $ 75

3195-521: The community learning the truth. When out walking, he sees what appears to be an apparition of Cassie by the pond the two of them used to go to. It is Elise who has moved into his childhood home with her father. Parris grows close to them both and discusses the problem regarding Louise with Elise. She persuades him to treat Drake like any other patient rather than his best friend. Parris frees Louise to reveal all she knows and tells Drake what happened and why. Drake reacts with laughter and defiance summoning

3266-774: The conclusion of each episode of Warner Bros. Presents , host Gig Young would interview a different actor from a new Warner Brothers movie about the studio's latest theatrical release. Kings Row ran for seven episodes. Ann Sheridan Clara Lou " Ann " Sheridan (February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the films San Quentin (1937) with Humphrey Bogart , Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) with James Cagney and Bogart, They Drive by Night (1940) with George Raft and Bogart, City for Conquest (1940) with Cagney and Elia Kazan , The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) with Bette Davis , Kings Row (1942) with Ronald Reagan , Nora Prentiss (1947), and I Was

3337-512: The earliest William T. Orr production, Warner Bros. Presents . The other two series were Casablanca , another TV version of a renowned movie (featuring Charles McGraw in Humphrey Bogart 's role), and Cheyenne , starring Clint Walker , a Western later produced by Roy Huggins that went on to its own time slot for several years until it started rotating with Bronco which starred Ty Hardin , another Warner Bros. Western. At

3408-436: The entire script." Breen was further concerned about the characterization of Cassandra as a victim of incest with her father, the mercy killing of the grandmother by Parris and "the sadistic characterization of Dr. Gordon." Breen said that any screenplay, no matter how well done, would likely bring condemnation of the film industry "from decent people everywhere" because of "the fact that it stems from so thoroughly questionable

3479-580: The film a "slightly sordid but moving yarn" that "made me a star." The film was adapted into a 1955 television series , with Jack Kelly who later portrayed Bart Maverick in Maverick with James Garner as Bret Maverick) in Cummings' role and Robert Horton who subsequently played scout Flint McCullough in Wagon Train performing Reagan's part. The show appeared as one of three rotating series on

3550-509: The film earned $ 2,350,000 in rentals in the US in 1942. According to Warner Bros records it earned $ 3,143,000 domestically and $ 1,950,000 foreign. The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther panned Kings Row which he described as being as "gloomy and ponderous" as the novel upon which it was based. "Just why the Warners attempted a picture of this sort in these times and just why the corps of high priced artists which they employed for it did such

3621-408: The film if all references to incest, nymphomania , euthanasia and homosexuality which the novel suggested, be removed. All references to nude bathing were to be eliminated and "the suggestion of a sex affair between Randy and Drake will be eliminated entirely." It was agreed that Dr. Tower would know about the affair between Cassandra and Parris and "that this had something to do with his killing of

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3692-400: The film was described as "a long and dreary melodrama in two parts.., years of misery and maladjustment to young womanhood and young manhood.... Kings Row is the story of a town with a 'right' and 'wrong' side of the tracks and the story of the town's inhabitants is a coat of many colors and is outstanding as being a gangrenous yellow." The Brooklyn Eagle was likewise negative: " Kings Row

3763-809: The film, the Los Angeles Daily News reported that Henry Bellamann "heads west to help Erich Wolfgang Korngold on the scoring" of the film, and that Bellamann used to be on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. This led Korngold to send a sarcastic letter to the head of studio publicity at Warner Brothers writing "Seriously, should I really stop working and wait for the arrival of Mr. Bellamann? ... however, if he shouldn't arrive in time to help me , I shall certainly be ready to 'head east" Perhaps, I could help him in writing his new book!" According to Variety ,

3834-416: The girl." After several drafts were rejected, Robinson was able to satisfy Breen. Twentieth-Century Fox originally sought to buy Bellamann's novel as a vehicle for Henry Fonda . Philip Reed , Rex Downing, and Tyrone Power were considered for the role of Parris. In April 1941, Robert Cummings was mentioned as the leading favorite if Power could not be borrowed. Cummings did a screen test and by May had

3905-587: The many Warner Bros. stars who had cameos in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943). She was the heroine of a novel, Ann Sheridan and the Sign of the Sphinx , written by Kathryn Heisenfelt and published by Whitman Publishing Company in 1943. While the heroine of the story was identified as a famous actress, the stories were entirely fictitious. The story was probably written for a young teenaged audience and

3976-423: The original soundtrack with the composer conducting was released from an optical recording. Kings Row is considered one of Korngold's more popular compositions. The White House requested the original orchestral score for Ronals Reagan's presidental inauguration. Academy Awardwinning film composer John Williams drew inspiration from the film's soundtrack for his famous Star Wars opening theme . Before releasing

4047-541: The project was hopeless because of the Code. Producer Hal B. Wallis said that Robinson felt "I was crazy to have bought so downbeat a property." Wallis urged him to reconsider and Robinson realized that he could turn this into the story of "an idealistic young doctor challenged by the realities of a cruel and horrifying world." Joseph Breen , director of the Production Code Authority which administered

4118-460: The role. Cummings was tied up filming a Deanna Durbin film but the filmmakers were willing to postpone shooting for him. In September, filming was shut down for a week as Cummings was recalled to do reshoots on the Durbin film. Ida Lupino , Olivia de Havilland and Ginger Rogers were initially considered for the role of Cassandra. Director Sam Wood pushed hard to cast Lupino saying that she "has

4189-417: The scene in which Reagan saw that his legs were gone was his "one great opportunity." Reagan recalled in his memoir that he had "neither the experience nor talent to fake it," so he undertook exhaustive research, talking to doctors and to people with disabilities and practicing the line every chance he got. On the night before the scene was shot, he had little sleep so he looked suitably worn out. Sam Wood shot

4260-422: The scene without rehearsal. He called out for Randy which was not in the script but Ann Sheridan was there and responded. The scene was extremely effective and there was no need for another take. Bellaman, a professor at Vassar College , was a disciple of Honoré de Balzac . His novel was in the tradition of Winesburg, Ohio and was a forerunner of the popular 1950s novel Peyton Place . The film begins with

4331-472: The star status that he had achieved from his performance in the film. Filming started in July, 1941 and continued until October. The pivotal scene in which Drake McHugh wakes up to find his legs amputated posed an acting challenge for Reagan who was supposed to say "Where's the rest of me?" in a convincing manner. In City of Nets , Otto Friedrich noted that the movie had a formidable array of acting talent and

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4402-421: The studio loaned her out to Poverty Row production company Talisman to make The Red Blood of Courage (1935) with Kermit Maynard . After this, Paramount declined to renew her contract. Sheridan made Fighting Youth (1935) at Universal and then signed a contract with Warner Bros. in 1936. Sheridan's career prospects began to improve at her new studio. Her early films for Warner Bros. included Sing Me

4473-507: The town with no doctor, he decides to stay in Kings Row. Louise reveals that her father amputated Drake's legs because he hated Drake and thought it was his duty to "punish wickednes" which would prevent him from ever marrying his daughter. Parris at first wishes to withhold the truth from Drake fearing it will destroy his fragile recovery. He considers confining Louise to a mental institution even though she's not insane as to prevent her and

4544-532: Was a big hit and critically acclaimed. Sheridan was reunited with the Dead End Kids in They Made Me a Criminal (1938) starring John Garfield . She was third-billed in the Western Dodge City (1939), playing a saloon owner opposite Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland . The film was another success. In March 1939, Warner Bros. announced Sheridan had been voted by a committee of 25 men as

4615-507: Was a major success and one of Sheridan's most memorable films. Sheridan and Reagan were reunited for Juke Girl (1942) released about six weeks after Kings Row . She was in the war film Wings for the Eagle (1942) and made a comedy with Jack Benny , George Washington Slept Here (1943). She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in Edge of Darkness (1943) with Errol Flynn and was one of

4686-540: Was charged with criminal adultery in Mexican federal court in October, 1956, following an accusation by Acosta's wife, Jeanine Cohen Acosta. Mexican authorities issued a warrant for Sheridan's arrest. Nothing came of the criminal charges, and the relationship ended c. 1958. On June 5, 1966, Sheridan married actor Scott McKay , who was with her when she died seven months later. Sheridan supported Thomas E. Dewey in

4757-589: Was in Broadway Musketeers (1938), a remake of Three on a Match (1932). Sheridan's notices in Letter of Introduction impressed Warner Bros. executives and she began to get roles in better quality pictures at her own studio starting with Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), wherein she played James Cagney 's love interest; Bogart, O'Brien and the Dead End Kids had supporting roles. The film

4828-654: Was just playing the lead, that's all", she later said. She next had a support role as the romantic interest in Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935), a Randolph Scott Western. She then appeared in Mississippi (1935) with Bing Crosby and W. C. Fields , The Glass Key (1935) with George Raft in a brief speaking role for which she was billed as "Nurse" in the cast list at the end of the film, and (having one line) The Crusades (1935) with Loretta Young . In her last picture under her deal with Paramount,

4899-643: Was meant to star in Flamingo Road . She then left Warner Bros., saying: "I wasn't at all satisfied with the scripts they offered me." Her role in I Was a Male War Bride (1949), directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant , was another success. In 1950, she appeared on the ABC musical television series Stop the Music . She made Stella (1950), a comedy with Victor Mature at Fox. In April 1949, she announced she wanted to produce Second Lady ,

4970-514: Was originally cast as Dr. Tower but died, and was replaced by Claude Rains . Before Ronald Reagan was cast, the studio considered John Garfield for the role of Drake McHugh. So were Dennis Morgan , Eddie Albert , Robert Preston , and Franchot Tone . Although Reagan became a star as a result of his performance, he was unable to capitalize on his success because he was drafted into the U.S. Army to serve in World War II. He never regained

5041-752: Was then cast in the film Behold My Wife! (1934) at the behest of director and friend Mitchell Leisen . The role provided two standout scenes for the actress, including one in which her character commits suicide, to which she attributed Paramount's keeping her under contract. She continued with bit parts in Enter Madame (1935) with Elissa Landi and Cary Grant, Home on the Range (1935) with Randolph Scott and Evelyn Brent , and Rumba (1935) with George Raft and Carole Lombard , until her first lead role in Car 99 (1935), with Fred MacMurray . "No acting, it

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