James Dean and Ronald Reagan: RARE Not Seen in 50 Years
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Uploaded by AmazingArchive on Apr 15, 2010
Highlights of the live CBS telecast, "The Dark, Dark Hours" first broadcast on the General Electric Theater on Sunday December 12, 1954.
It was only broadcast once.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Footage from this TV broadcast appeared in Michael Sheridan's 2005 documentary James Dean: Forever Young.
This clip was edited by Wayne Federman, who discovered the entire program while researching a Reagan television retrospective for the Reagan Centennial.
James Dean, fresh from shooting East of Eden (a role which earned him an Oscar nomination), was on the precipice of film stardom. He died in a car crash less than one year after this broadcast.
Ronald Reagan, a movie actor since 1937, was beginning a new phase of his career as a television host (although still a frequent actor). His work with GE led him into politics and he was elected Governor of California 12 years after this broadcast.
I believe the jazz song is Birdland by Charlie Ventura.
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@gahzeyboe You realise that he didn't suffer from Alzheimers when he was acting. Nor when he was president for that matter.
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love ronald regan
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@Thilindel A lot of slang used even now was actually from the Jazz Era, or even from the 1800s.
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I always wondered how Reagan even remembered his lines, what with the Alzheimer's and whatnot.
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Two distinct acting styles collide. This is the best example I can think of if you want to SEE the fact that acting changes over time, and rarely but occasionally, two very different eras run right into each other. Don't write RR off, look tat 5:00 in the scene and you'll see he's just as powerful as JD, who at that point is getting overwrought. Amazing opportunity to see this.
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oh, I love it when James Dean deances to the music :)
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Wow I thought that 'slang' from the hippies was from the 60's not the 50's
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@1035ttobin I'm amused by the implication that what you're saying isn't political.
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Is it just me or did Reagan look like a 97-year-old man even in the 1950s?
Was he EVER young??
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2:46 hahhahahaha, that a good translation
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MultiPacoLee 2 months ago 6
Why is everyone getting so political about this clip? I appreciate it for its nostaligia..We have two great American men together in the same scene..Apperciate this for the intrinsic value and stop tarnishing it with politics!!
1035ttobin 2 months ago 5