Editing Ronald Reagan (section)

===Radio and film===
{{Multiple image|total_width=400|image1=Ronald Reagan in Dark Victory trailer.jpg|alt1=A frame of Ronald Reagan in the 1939 film Dark Victory|caption1=''[[Dark Victory]]'' (1939)|image2=Ronald Reagan in The Bad Man (1941).png|alt2=A frame of Reagan in the 1941 film The Bad Man|caption2=''[[The Bad Man (1941 film)|The Bad Man]]'' (1941)}}

After obtaining a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in economics and sociology from Eureka College in 1932,{{sfn|Mullen|1999|p=207}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reagan.eureka.edu/visit-reagans-campus.html |title=Visit Reagan's Campus |website=The Ronald W. Reagan Society of Eureka College |access-date=February 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418015423/https://reagan.eureka.edu/visit-reagans-campus.html |archive-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref> Reagan took a job in [[Davenport, Iowa]], as a sports broadcaster for four football games in the [[Big Ten Conference]].{{sfn|Brands|2015|pp=24–26}} He then worked for [[WHO (AM)|WHO radio]] in [[Des Moines]] as a broadcaster for the [[Chicago Cubs]]. His specialty was creating play-by-play accounts of games using only basic descriptions that the station received by wire as the games were in progress.{{sfn|Brands|2015|pp=29–30}} Simultaneously, he often expressed his opposition to racism.{{sfn|Cannon|2000|p=458}} In 1936, while traveling with the Cubs to their spring training in California, Reagan took a screen test that led to a seven-year contract with [[Warner Bros.]]{{sfn|Woodard|2012|pp=18–19}}

Reagan arrived at [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in 1937, debuting in ''[[Love Is on the Air]]'' (1937).{{sfn|Brands|2015|p=39–40}} Using a simple and direct approach to acting and following his directors' instructions,{{sfn|Freie|2015|pp=43–44}} Reagan made thirty films, mostly [[B films]], before beginning [[Military history of the United States during World War II|military service]] in April 1942.{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=30}} He broke out of these types of films by portraying [[George Gipp]] in ''[[Knute Rockne, All American]]'' (1940), which would be rejuvenated when reporters called Reagan "the Gipper" while he campaigned for president.{{sfn|Cannon|2001|pp=13–15}} Reagan starred in ''[[Kings Row]]'' (1942) as a leg amputee;{{sfn|Woodard|2012|pp=25–26}} this performance was considered his best by many critics.{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=37}} Reagan became a star,{{sfn|Friedrich|1997|p=89}} with [[Gallup polls]] placing him "in the top 100 stars" from 1941 to 1942.{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=37}}

[[World War II]] interrupted the movie stardom that Reagan would never be able to achieve again{{sfn|Friedrich|1997|p=89}} as Warner Bros. became uncertain about his ability to generate ticket sales. Reagan, who had a limited acting range, was dissatisfied with the roles he received. [[Lew Wasserman]] renegotiated his contract with his studio, allowing him to also make films with [[Universal Pictures]], [[Paramount Pictures]], and [[RKO Pictures]] as a freelancer. Reagan appeared in multiple [[western film]]s, something that had been denied to him while working at Warner Bros.{{sfn|Cannon|2003|p=59}} In 1952, he ended his relationship with Warner Bros.,{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=236}} but went on to appear in a total of 53 films,{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=30}} his last being ''[[The Killers (1964 film)|The Killers]]'' (1964).{{sfn|Vaughn|1994|p=312}}