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Lew Ayres’s star was on the rise before the war, due in part to a series of popular films in which he played the idealistic and charming Dr. Kildare. (MGM/Photofest)
MGM/Photofest
Lew Ayres’s star was on the rise before the war, due in part to a series of popular films in which he played the idealistic and charming Dr. Kildare. (MGM/Photofest)
MGM/Photofest