Popular culture biographer Eliot offers a new look at Ronald Reagan's neglected and misunderstood career in Hollywood, spotlighting how it took him from leading man to president of the Screen Actors Guild, and ultimately to world leader.--Adapted from publisher description.

The next voice you hear -- From mugs to the movies -- The Irish mafia -- Dutch and Button-Nose -- The gamut from A to B -- Kings Row -- This is the Army -- Mr. Reagan goes to Washington -- Love is lovelier -- Falling upward -- The forgetting of things past -- Rendezvous with destiny.