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I removed a new editor's claim that it was revealed that, "at one point" Lew Ayres was the chief suspect in the [[Black Dahlia]] case. I can find no reference to that whatever. -- [[User:Cecropia|Cecropia]] 03:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
I removed a new editor's claim that it was revealed that, "at one point" Lew Ayres was the chief suspect in the [[Black Dahlia]] case. I can find no reference to that whatever. -- [[User:Cecropia|Cecropia]] 03:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== nationality ==

Usually these bios start out with the nationality of the subjects parents…. I got curious when it was omitted. The early population here in MN was primarily Swedish, Norwegian and German besides the large Native and Métis population. So anything other than that is kinda interesting. Anyway, I was looking around for the info and I found a link from the U of M which has some interesting information that this is lacking… his mother being a theosophist. I feel unsettled, changing the wikipage, but I offer the link to someone more experienced.

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Read these two sentences carefully:

"In 1948 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Johnny Belinda, but his career was sparse after the war. Costar Jane Wyman fell in love with Ayres and left her husband Ronald Reagan for him, albeit unsuccessfully."

How can a career be "sparse"? It isn't a natural substance which can occur in abundance or not. And if Wyman left Reagan for Ayres, how did she manage not to succeed in leaving him? I think the nincompoops who wrote these lines may have meant:

"Ayres made few films after the war, but in 1948 his role in Johnny Belinda earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Jane Wyman, his co-star, fell in love with him, and left husband Ronald Reagan; but Ayres and Wyman's relationship was an unhappy one."

I don't know the facts about Ayres and Wyman, but anyone who does should, in revising, strive to be a clear and plain as I have been. (Notice how I avoid the three "fors" of the original version.)

˜˜˜˜Wordwright — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wordwright (talkcontribs) 17:52, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I just added a link with some more detailed information on his life that what can be found in this article. Maybe someone who knows what they're doing can tweak it a bit more. Of particular interest would be his Consciencious Objector stance and the climate in the US at that time. Cheers!

Black Dahlia Case

I removed a new editor's claim that it was revealed that, "at one point" Lew Ayres was the chief suspect in the Black Dahlia case. I can find no reference to that whatever. -- Cecropia 03:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

nationality

Usually these bios start out with the nationality of the subjects parents…. I got curious when it was omitted. The early population here in MN was primarily Swedish, Norwegian and German besides the large Native and Métis population. So anything other than that is kinda interesting. Anyway, I was looking around for the info and I found a link from the U of M which has some interesting information that this is lacking… his mother being a theosophist. I feel unsettled, changing the wikipage, but I offer the link to someone more experienced.

http://cscl.umn.edu/film/personalities/ayres.html 2601:2:5D00:60A:CD3E:6D61:1E5E:BB3E (talk) 16:18, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]