Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector

by Lesley L. Coffin, Marya E. Gates (Foreword by)

Overview

A biography of the accomplished actor and staunch pacifist who changed the way America considers grounds for conscientious objection

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617036385
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	10/18/2012
Series:	Hollywood Legends Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Lesley L. Coffin is an independent scholar and M.A. candidate in biographical studies at New York University.

Table of Contents

Prologue ix

Foreword xi

Preface and Acknowledgments xv

Chapter 1 Grandma's Boy 3

Chapter 2 Young Musician in Search of a Movie 8

Chapter 3 The Kind of Role that Casts a Shadow 17

Chapter 4 A New Kind of Star 25

Chapter 5 Romantic Comedy 43

Chapter 6 At the Helm 53

Chapter 7 A Short Stay on Poverty Row 59

Chapter 8 "The Comeback King of 1938" 66

Chapter 9 Introducing Dr. Kildare 72

Chapter 10 A Doctor, A Comic 84

Chapter 11 Echoes of War 90

Chapter 12 Lew Ayres, Conscientious Objector 97

Chapter 13 A Camp in Oregon 102

Chapter 14 "Like a Bomb Was Dropped" 105

Chapter 15 Public Debate 116

Chapter 16 Basic Training 120

Chapter 17 In Search of Something 124

Chapter 18 A Hero Returns to Hollywood 134

Chapter 19 The Comeback of 1946 140

Chapter 20 Awards and Affairs 146

Chapter 21 The Return of Dr. Kildare 151

Chapter 22 Magnificent Obsession 155

Chapter 23 A Man of Honor and Faith 160

Chapter 24 The Older Gentleman 165

Chapter 25 Altars of the World 169

Chapter 26 As Time Goes By 175

Chapter 27 Reaching for the Butterfly 181

Appendix 186

Notes 194

Filmography 214

Selected Bibliography 236

Index 237