Kings Row

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Kings Row is a 1942 film which tells the story of a group of children who grow up leading supposedly idyllic lives in a small town with disturbing secrets. It stars Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field, Charles Coburn and Claude Rains.

The movie was adapted by Casey Robinson from the novel King's Row by Henry Bellamann. It was directed by Sam Wood.

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (James Wong Howe), Best Director and Best Picture.

Ronald Reagan's character loses his legs in the film, and utters the line, "Where's the rest of me?" Reagan used that line as the title of his 1965 autobiography.

Television Series

Kings Row was also a 1955 television series based upon the movie, with Jack Kelly (who later portrayed Bart Maverick in Maverick) in Cummings' role and Robert Horton (who subsequently played scout Flint McCullough in Wagon Train) performing Reagan's part. The show appeared as one of three rotating series on Warner Bros. Presents, hosted by Gig Young. The other two series were Casablanca, another TV version of a renowned movie (featuring Charles McGraw in Humphrey Bogart's role), and Cheyenne, a western created by Roy Huggins that went on to its own time slot for several years until it started rotating with Bronco, another Warner Bros. western. At the conclusion of each episode of Warner Bros. Presents, Gig Young would interview a different actor from a new Warner Bros. movie about the studio's latest theatrical release. Kings Row ran for seven episodes.

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