Highlights from the Dark, Dark Hours presented by General Electric Theater on December 12, 1954, 12 years before Reagan ran for Governor of California, and just a little over 9 months before Dean’s death in a car crash. Hattip to the Atlantic. Juvenile delinquency was a hot topic in the Fifties and in this morality play we see punk nihilism, magnificently portrayed by Dean, up against stolid decency ably portrayed by Reagan. This was made just after Reagan made the jump to television after his career as a leading man in Hollywood waned. Dean of course would go on to make the immortal Rebel Without a Cause which would be released after his death.
Ronald Reagan and James Dean
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Whatever happened to that Reagan guy, anyway?