On TCM Monday: Ronald Reagan in "Kings Row"

[opineapple]

Monday, July 29, 2013 at 3:15 PM (ET)

Starring Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings

Small town scandals inspire an idealistic young man to take up psychiatry.

Drama/1942

TCM, Kings Row

[Buckeye McFrog]

Have never seen the ending but the 2/3 I have seen is quite good.

[Publius]

Jack Warner had seen this as a Bob Cummings movie. Unfortunately, Cummings wasn't strong enough to carry a movie and did his best work in TV in the Fifties.

Reagan acted Cummings right off the screen, and this is one of his very best films.

What is astonishing is that Jack Warner never learned his lesson. In 1966 when Reagan announced he was running for governor, Warner famously said, "No, Bob Cummings for governor, Ronald Reagan for best friend."

[ArtDodger]

Great movie and great acting on Reagan’s part. I think he won his oscar for it. The sordid life of the seemingly common folk in this movie was the idea behind Peyton Place.

[wideminded]

Unfortunately, Cummings wasn't strong enough to carry a movie

I thought Cummings was quite appropriate for the role of a medical student. The scene where Claude Rains agrees to instruct him is very interesting.

[Bobalu]

Kings Row is a great film.

Here are two unusual films I found on the web.

George C Scott as Sherlock Holmes in “They Might Be Giants”
http://viooz.co/movies/20501-they-might-be-giants-1971.html

Larry Hagman as Sherlock Holmes in “The Return of the World’s Greatest Detective”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGwbed8ik-0&list=PLW5heE_yWgNucPtPbZ3GiNzYpRxkU_kBO