The story of love

Nancy and Ronald? Reagan, Nancy and Ronald Reagan

Ullrich? Brinco, as they call each other, the story of "Ronnie and Nancy" published is like an American fairy tale. "Since I met him, I have started a new life," the first lady wrote. "We are so integrated, you are as important to my life as my heart, but you can't replace it with a transplant," her husband replied. Their letters have been elaborately decorated. Even in the interview, the Reagan couple showed their love with messianic enthusiasm. "In those years when we were married, it was just us, not you and me." Ronald said, "I can't imagine going my own way alone or doing something without her." I'm sure she's the same. "The couple always hold hands in public. Even after half a century of marriage, they are still like first love. His wife smiles like an innocent girl, but his husband is still so tall and full of urgency.

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Is this a model marriage? 1949 When we first met, it was not because of such great feelings, but because of calculation and desire to get ahead. Nancy took the initiative. The less successful actress still had no husband at the age of 28, so she made a list of Hollywood's most popular bachelors half jokingly. Reagan was then chairman of the Actors Guild and seemed to be the most promising candidate. She played a trick or two to get to know him. Knowing that he had a deep-rooted fear of communism, she pretended to be a suspicious communist and went to the trade union for help.

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The plan succeeded because Reagan felt challenged in a double sense, that is, an explorer who was both a communist and a protector. The next date is so exciting that the danger of red has long been forgotten. According to the first lady's memoir, they soon spent the whole night together, but not at a fashionable Hollywood party, but at Nancy's residence, eating popcorn and watching TV. What a perfect couple-even if they seem to come from different family backgrounds. Ronald's childhood and youth is a typical story of American self-success, just like it was specially compiled for writing a presidential biography in the future. He grew up in Dixon, a small town in the Midwest, where people looked at the milk bottles in front of the door reverently and the children were fighting in the backyard. My father is a long-term unemployed shoe dealer and alcoholic, and my mother is keen on going to church and has high moral requirements. If it is not Hollywood, what dreams can children have in this environment? Without money and connections, how did he make a breakthrough in the fastest time? Ronald chose to bypass the university he was not interested in for a long time, trying to prove that he was a football player's material, but because of myopia, he remained unknown in this arena. Only the holiday job as a lifeguard in the local swimming pool brought him the opportunity to exchange physical strength for money. He saved 77 lives in seven years. A photo at that time showed a young man in swimming trunks looking like an athlete, looking at the camera defiantly. This photo was hung in Reagan's office until he retired from public life.

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In addition to firm self-confidence, young Ronald also has an ability to help his career development: he is good at self-promotion. In this way, he entered the radio station without any qualification. Here, he learned that fantasy is often more fascinating than life itself. When the imaginary football and basketball match is broadcast live, he is not sitting in the gym, but in the studio, processing the plain and objective news from the news agency into the necessary dramatic plot. The next stop on the road to young Ronald's perfect fantasy is called Hollywood. He made his first film at 1936. The director of the actor should have asked him, "Is this your real shoulder? Is this your real voice? " In Reagan's later career, another question about authenticity was mentioned more: is he the right person to play the role of president? Or is he just a second-rate actor who plays the lame president well? Reagan's appearance, especially his voice, played a decisive role at that time. People plan to package him as "adonis of the 20th century". He got a seven-year contract and paid $200 a week. In the following 15 years, he appeared in nearly 60 films, most of which were produced at low cost and shown as additional films. John plays all his favorite big star roles? Wayne got it. Although his performance is limited, his athlete-like appearance makes him seem to be specially built for a warm-hearted hero. He only played the villain once. Played the leading role in the hit movie "Golden Alliance" shot by 194 1, which is one of Reagan's favorite movies: Ronald? Durek played by Reagan? Mchugh is a typical man in life. He lost his job in the economic crisis and had to make a living as a railway worker.

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When he woke up from anesthesia after an accident, he found that his leg had been amputated by a surgeon, and he had a strong desire for revenge. Durek looked at half of his body and shouted to his wife in panic, "Where is the rest of me?" ! ? "1965, Reagan used this sentence as the title of his first rotation book. In his life, he accepted different roles-from sports commentator to actor, and finally to politician. He wanted to let voters know who he really was: a particularly ordinary guy from the Midwest, who never forgot his roots. The other is called salamander? Lockney's films can explain his self-knowledge to some extent. When he heard from Warner Bros.' planned project about two football legends? Rockney and George? The true story of Jeep, he tried to convince the producer that he was the best person to play the legendary central defender Jeep with a photo of him wearing a college football uniform. In a decisive game, Jeep insisted on changing to the last game despite pneumonia. Although the team won the game, Jeep died at the age of 25. For Reagan, football players were his dream role when he was young. He later explained that others might do better, but no one wanted the role as much as he did. George, known as the jeep? Jeep, who is also carefree and optimistic, believes in the American dream as well as his actors. Real heroes were born on the playground, and they threw themselves into the team's game without hesitation. Therefore, Jeep, who is terminally ill, offered to his coach: "One day, if the situation becomes difficult and everything seems to be bad for young people, I ask them to win a race for that Jeep." I don't know where I will be then, but I will know everything and be happy. Reagan continued to play this role politically. More than forty years later, he called on his voters: "Let's win a race for that jeep!" " "Reagan's life is missing an important role: the role of soldiers.

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It is in his own movies that he always plays a hero, but misses the opportunity to create heroic feats. He had to stay at home because of myopia. Dwight. Eisenhower, John? Kennedy and George? Bush built their career on their heroic feats in the war. On the contrary, Reagan participated in the shooting of bomber pilot teaching films from 65438 to 65438. However, during his presidency, he always repeatedly thought that he had been at the forefront. 1983, he told Israeli prime minister yitzhak? As a photographer, Chamir recorded the atrocities in the concentration camp. He kept a copy of the film because he believed that one day people would deny the massacre of 6 million Jews. Reagan said it was time for him to show these photos. Israel's Evening Prayer reported that Reagan became interested in Jews after visiting concentration camps. Soon after, he asked Simon? Wiesenthal told the same story. When asked by a reporter, the White House Press Office replied that Chamir and wiesenthal misunderstood the President's meaning because they lacked knowledge of English. However, on the eve of his controversial trip to Bitterburg in 1985, he told foreign journalists that he knew the atrocities of the SS because he "wore a military uniform for four years".

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"In fact, Mr. Reagan was the only American president who never served overseas during World War II," said arthur kennedy, a former consultant and historian. Schlesinger wrote. "He fought in a Hollywood studio and slept in his own bed every night. Obviously, he extracted a lot of information about his real events from the articles in Reader's Digest." Where is the rest of him? In the war or at home? Is the fictional war experience a lie based on political considerations or does it show a distorted relationship with reality more? Reagan's son, Michael, said that his father always liked to make up things and believed them to be true. Washington post reporter and Reagan biographer Lou? Cannon also holds this view.

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For Reagan, his films were so real that they became his own experiences and clearly appeared in his memory. He is becoming more and more emotional about his story, and it is becoming more and more difficult to successfully draw a line between the two. So how real is his feeling? Does he also follow the example of Hollywood blockbusters to spend his married life? In her early childhood, Nancy lived in a brilliant world. She thinks so herself. 1923, this is Kenneth, a used car dealer. Robbins' daughter was born in Si Long Hospital in Manhattan. It is said that her father abandoned the family shortly after she was born. In fact, her birthplace is in Queens, which is not so noble. At one time, she advanced her birth date by two years. Her father sells life insurance, and the actual benefit of this business is not very good Her family rented a humble apartment. Because of Kenneth? Robbins hindered the career development of his wife, ambitious actress Edith, and they divorced. Eddie lives a bohemian life, shuttling between stages. Nancy, the original name is still in use. Anna? Francis was sent to her aunt's house for foster care, where she spent five years. Only when the troupe is touring in new york can she meet her mother who is having fun. During this time, one of the few lessons Edith taught Nancy deeply influenced her later life, that is, "Flash is more important than existence". When 1929, her mother and neurosurgeon royle? When Davis got married, everyone who attended thought the marriage was worth it. With her husband's help, Edith was able to enter some aristocratic circles in Chicago. In turn, her connection with the film and entertainment industries promoted her husband's general career.

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Royle? Davis became a fashionable doctor with a good income. Anna? Francis? Robbins became Nancy through adoption? Davis, she lived a lady's life from now on. Her social vanity is worse than her mother's. Writer Goyle? Vidal sarcastically said that Nancy came to this world with a silver ladder. Like her mother, she is equally committed to acting. Thanks to her mother, Nancy got her first role in Hollywood in the 1940s. What she plays most is the image of a lovely girl next door. However, soon, she appeared in pain, hiding a pregnant pillow under her clothes, which should have been more gorgeous and fashionable. Because she knows to evaluate her talents realistically, she turned to her wife's career. When she signed the first contract with MGM, she wrote in the column of career goals: Happy marriage. For this wish, Ronald just hesitated, because he had a broken marriage-with actress Jane? Wyman, she obviously thinks he is too boring. The first marriage and the children they gave birth to were only in the politician Ronald? Reagan played an insignificant role in his public life. But at 1940, Ronnie (Reagan's nickname) and Jane are regarded as Hollywood fantasy couple, with no star demeanor and no scandal. It is very important for him to appear in front of everyone as an ordinary person. He wrote an article for Movie Drama magazine, the topic is very targeted, how to make himself important: "My favorite dishes are onion steak and raspberry biscuits. Mr. Ordinary is my alias. I play bridge well and collect weapons. I always carry a penny coin with me as a lucky thing. When I have a wish, I will knock on the wood ... I am interested in politics and government issues.

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My favorite actress is my wife … I love my wife, my children and my home. "When Jane? While Wyman's career was booming, he was still standing still and his marriage began to be in crisis. 1948, Jane asked for a divorce despite her husband's objection, because her husband only likes to talk about trade unions and politics. For Ronald, the equal partnership model failed. In his nearly 800 pages of very comprehensive memoirs, he gave his first wife four lines. Nancy had to wait four years to get her wish, mainly because of the necessary pressure brought by pregnancy. 1952 On March 4th, they got married. Because her career has gone downhill anyway, she broke off the contract with MGM on the public grounds that she only wanted to exist for her husband. Being Ronnie's wife is her "most desirable" role. In her 52-year marriage, her understanding of this role has changed only slightly. She knows the rest of him and has no doubt about his future. She can listen. The only time the couple appeared side by side in the film was in "The Shrew of the Navy" (1957), and the role assignment was very distinctive: Ronald played a submarine commander and Nancy played a lovely nurse. He predetermined the direction, and she took care of his health. The film finally failed at the box office, however, the critics acknowledged their acceptable acting skills. Not only Nancy's career has passed the peak, but Ronald also wants to find a new direction in the early1968+0940s, because his time as a screen hero has passed. In the few movies where he can still be seen, he had to have an alternative dialogue with the gorilla (Boucho's bedtime) and the silent Indian chief (the last remote area). It is said that he had no political ambitions at that time, but as an actor's guild, he knew very well how to engage in politics, and he had an open goal. Later, he did not hesitate to spread this goal all over the world and took it as his creed: to save Hollywood from the red danger.

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As an FBI informant with code name T- 10, he actively participated in the action of "cleaning" Hollywood communists. Even after that, he was never ashamed of playing this disgraceful role. Later, the rapidly expanding family needed money, so Reagan accepted a job as a host in Las Vegas, where he hosted a less fashionable performance. This is the low point of his career, however, he will later be the advertising host and public relations director of General Electric Group. Since 1954, he has been running all over the country to explain the enterprise concept to employees. At most, he gives 14 speeches every day.

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Even his wife Nancy became nervous. She led the reporter through the residence armed by General Electric Company with 654.38 million dollars as a "model room": from the photoelectric organ in the dining room, the heated swimming pool with underwater lighting, the hair dryer, and finally to the peephole at the entrance, Reagan's home is all electronic, just as his master tirelessly emphasized. Nancy seems completely devoted to her role as a perfect housewife and selfless wife. Under the slogan "progress is our main product", she stood beside her husband in a TV program promoting GE products-an early TV direct selling program. They chose the right media, because in the mid-1960s, every American family spent four or five hours in front of the TV every day, and fewer and fewer people went to the movies. Television not only provides high popularity for Hollywood actors who have expired, but also guarantees their survival: the annual salary of Mr. General Electric150,000 USD. Reagan's appearance became more and more political because he didn't just see himself as an announcer. He joined a political party, fought for the freedom of commercial society, and cursed communism, excessive taxes and excessive government intervention in citizens' lives. His target group is the white-collar middle class in the suburbs, living in well-maintained single-family houses and cultivating a small American dream. Mr. and Mrs. Reagan, if their house is not bigger and their friends are richer, their lives are not much different. Like his father, he continued to support the Democratic Party, but from 1960, he began to fully support Nixon and joined the Democratic Party at 1962. "The rest of him" has changed now. For this political turning point, his ultra-conservative father-in-law royle? Davis's influence is not small. So, Reagan supported Barry in the 1964 presidential election? Goldie Walter, a good friend of the Davies.

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The standard speech he called "speech" sounded the campaign drum, and when he finally appeared on TV, he was regarded as the hope of Republicans. "This guy looks like the incarnation of Hollywood," Michael? Defoe recalled that he had been working in Reagan's campaign since 1967. "Everything is perfect: perfect hair, strong breasts and rosy cheeks. I'm sure he wears makeup. Even his walking posture has been carefully studied ... Although all this does not mean a political future, when I look back on the past few years, I must say that he had a warning. " For writer Goyle? On the contrary, for Vidal, Reagan was "the most boring person in Hollywood". He talks a lot, even when he has nothing to say, except when he accidentally reads something in Reader's Digest, he studies this magazine just as Jefferson treated Montesquieu's works. Politically, the Reagan couple have one thing: they belong to the defenders of "law and order" and they attacked Lyndon? The "anti-poverty struggle" advocated by President Johnson. On the surface, Nancy doesn't seem to be interested in politics, but the appearance of accompanying her husband shows the opposite: "At first, I was attracted by her angry eyes with passion. There is no doubt that she wanted to kill her opponent herself-at least in my opinion. But maybe she's just trying on new contact lenses. This little lady has hidden a little courage. " From the beginning, she was looking for some suitable behind-the-scenes relationships. In Las Vegas, she made friends with a group of rich women called "girls" and often ate with them and sponsored charity activities. Their people, including oil tycoons and car dealers, brought money and influence and brought Ronald into their circle. 1965, these self-made millionaires formed "Ronald? Friends of Reagan "-including Alfred? Bloomingdale, the founder of "Dinner Club Card", was soon investigated for his mafia background.

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Reagan's new friend is not a smart man, but a player who makes quick money. In order to push Ronald forward, they invest $50,000 in a public relations company every year. In exchange, they were promised to exert influence on government affairs. Ronald, when? When Reagan/KLOC-0 announced on TV on October 4th that he would run for governor of California, Nancy stood beside him. In order to encourage female voters, she is indispensable in the election. As later said, voting became a "hormone election" because Reagan always won voters through his handsome appearance and charming way. At that time, his political opponents tried to talk about Reagan's past and showed the former actor talking to a monkey at their polling station. But all this was in vain: the victim benefited from his popularity and he used his anecdotes in Hollywood to please the public. He appeared as an outsider who never belonged to any interest group. Reagan's personalized campaign was far ahead of the times in the 1960 s, which has long been commonplace under the concept of "politicalization". "This is the first time in my life," Reagan said on the day he won the election. "I really feel like a star." With John? f？ Kennedy or George? Unlike Bush and others, his whole family has no supporters. He got financial help from rich friends and moral support from his wife. The Reagan family has always been a two-person team and the founders of a happy family. In addition, there are no other necessary ingredients that are common in American elections. Even on the day when they won their biggest victory so far, they celebrated alone. Merlin and Michael are the two children of their first marriage. They are not suitable for this photo of conservative politicians. The two younger Patricia and Ronald are also pessimistic about their parents' political ambitions.

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At home, everything revolves around his father's political career, and the Reagan family has no time to live a normal family life. Obviously, the role of the governor's wife can't satisfy Nancy. She called the governor's residence in Sacramento a hopeless shack and explained to a group of reporters why she never planned to live there. Finally, Ronald? Reagan's friend bought a "suitable" villa near Manto Sakala and rented it to the Reagan couple. So Nancy set out to build a new governor's residence, and "friends" helped: they bought a piece of land overlooking the American River of four and a half hectares. The governor's wife planned this $654.38 +0.4 million soap yellow cement memorial until the last detail. This is a bit like a building block of a conference center, with a living area of 1 100 square meters, a ballroom, different suites, changing rooms, swimming pool and family bar. "There is also a kitchen, which seems to be designed only to melt frozen food and garbage shredders in a microwave oven. This is a house for families who eat snacks for a living ... not a monument to extreme egoists, but a monument to extreme mistakes made by egoists. " Writer Joan? Di Dian wrote in her book White Memoirs. 1974 When the Taj Mahal was completed, Reagan's successor Jerry? Brown refused to stay. Nancy's dream house was only occupied by the housekeeper and watchdog for the next ten years, until 1985, when a private investor bought it for1500,000 dollars. Less than 20 years later, it never made headlines again: Arnold? Governor Schwarzenegger needs a magnificent residence, and his political model house seems to be the right residence for him. Tutor Sakala is too old-fashioned for Nancy, and the life of the governor's wife is too boring. Even the first lady's social obligations and whispering to the ladies in the House of Representatives are a burden to her. On the contrary, she asked for some privileges, so she began a tense relationship with the press. 1 13

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Husband Ronald learned how to get along with reporters when he was a trade union cadre. Whether he confused the statistical results as governor, forgot the figures or made mistakes in the draft law, he was forgiven. His good reaction soon quelled the criticism. "It's true that hard work hasn't killed anyone, but why wait for this to happen?" He is aimed at those who accuse him of not working hard enough. As a "great communicator", as he was later called, he can master and choose the right time to speak better than most people. On the contrary, Nancy has little experience in dealing with the press and is considered a soft persimmon. She doesn't know how to laugh at herself, especially her lack of confidence in her husband. Especially Joan? An article by Didian aroused Nancy's lifelong resentment against the press. Twenty years later, she is still settling accounts with Di Dian in her biography. This woman writer spent a day with Nancy in 1968' s Mentor Sakala and observed her life. She described Nancy's smile as "a stiff and frank picture" ... a female smile representing the dream of middle-class American women. Everything involved in this dream is impeccable dress, and every detail is completely correct ... with every smile-female secretary, bodyguard, chef, gardener. "Even if there are positive comments everywhere, Nancy will feel that she is under fire. Because her self-image is strongly influenced by others, criticism always hurts her. Soon, the reporter called the admiring eyes that she always threw at her husband "gaze". She always refutes the negative media with an argument: female journalists are always jealous of her beauty. Even as the governor's wife, she wants to look like a movie star and go on stage in a very professional way every time she makes public appearances. "Nancy? Reagan, Joan? Di Dian sneered, "Say everything enthusiastically. Maybe she is an earlier actress, and she has the habit of being a beginner in this field. Even the accompanying sentences should be added, which greatly exceeds the strong drama that can usually be shown on 45th Street in Mando Sakala. "Every instinct Nancy couldn't express in the filming process became a documentary.