Maureen Reagan Movies
- 1998
This lengthy (4 1/2 hours) TV documentary on Ronald Reagan, part of The American Experience series, intercuts film clips, network feeds, home movies, and interviews to survey the life, career, philosophy, and policies of the 40th President of the United States. Interview subjects include Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Ed Meese, Donald Regan, Nancy Reagan, Maureen Reagan, Ron Reagan, Patti Davis, Dr. Helen Caldicott, George Will, and Reagan's official biographer Edmund Morris. Narrated by David Ogden Stiers and filmed by WGBH Boston for PBS, the documentary premiered as a two-parter on 23-24 February 1998. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, (more)
- 1974
Produced in 1974 and telecast on January 6, 1975, The Specialists is a TV pilot film from Jack Webb's Mark VII team. The four protagonists--two men, two women--are functionaries of the Bureau of Epidemic Control, a division of the US Health Department. In the tradition of Adam 12 and Emergency, the multiplotted film involves several different cases of delaying or halting contagious diseases, rather than one single epidemic. One of the scientists is played by none other than Maureen Reagan, professional "first daughter." Had it been sold as a series, the title would have been Vector. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1974
Remember the Great Energy Crisis of 1974? This episode finds the Partridges being selected as a "model" family by a group of conservationists who've launched a campaign to get America to cut down on its consumption of electricity. All goes smoothly until Danny makes a slight miscalculation--leaving his family to survive on a mere 27 kilowatts' worth of electrical energy! Maureen Reagan, daughter of you-know-who, appears as a press photographer. Song: "Sunshine". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1971
This 1971 TV movie remake of the 1934 film of the same name (see the above synopsis) adds little to the original story about Death assuming human form to discover why mankind fears him. In updating the story, the scenarists removed much of the "nobility" of the principal characters--and also a lot of their charm. Melvyn Douglas and Myrna Loy are superb in roles played in 1934 by Sir Guy Standing and Helen Westley, while Monte Markham is okay but nothing more in the old Fredric March role as "Death". Yvette Mimieux is utterly forgettable as the enigmatic Grazia; her wisecracking American friend (originally Gail Patrick) is played by Maureen Reagan, a few years before the daughter of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman (rather wisely) abandoned acting. Whatever appeal Death Takes a Holiday had in 1934 utterly withers and expires in this halfhearted remake. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Elvis Presley plays a double role in Kissin' Cousins. When the U.S. government wants land owned by the hillbilly clan headed by Pappy Tatum (Arthur O'Connell), they send Air Force Lieutenant Josh Morgan (Presley), a cousin of the Tatum's, to try and secure the land for a proposed missile base. Josh comes face-to-face with Jody Tatum, his blonde-haired look-alike. Glenda Farrell plays Ma Tatum, and distaff interest for Elvis is provided by Cynthia Pepper, Yvonne Craig, a busty Beverly Powers, and Hortense Petra. Watch for Maureen Reagan as one of the Kittyhawks, a group of desperate, man-hungry females out to get some love. This film was the first of the low-budget movies that would unfortunately plague the rest of Elvis' movie career. The song selection also reflects a decline in the quality of both recording and acting parts offered to Presley. Once he fulfilled his contractual obligations for the forgettable features, Elvis ended his film career and devoted his efforts exclusively to live shows and recording. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elvis Presley, Arthur O'Connell, (more)
