Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector

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LEW AYRE S H O L LY W O O D L E G E N D S S E R I E S C A R L R O L LY S O N , G E N E R A L E D I T O R This page intentionally left blank Lew AYRES HOLLYWOOD’S CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR Lesley L. Coffin Foreword by Marya E. Gates University฀Press฀of฀Mississippi฀฀•฀฀Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Copyright © 2012 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2012 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coffin, Lesley L. Lew Ayres : Hollywood’s conscientious objector / Lesley L. Coffin ; foreword by Marya E. Gates. p. cm. — (Hollywood legends series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61703-637-8 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-61703-638-5 (ebook) 1. Ayres, Lew, 1908–1996. 2. Actors—United States—Biography. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Conscientious objectors—United States—Biography. I. Title. PN2287.A95C64 2012 791.43’028’0924—dc23 [B] 2012011625 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available To Cecelia Purcell, my grandmother I find that I understand people far better from reading what great men, who have spent their lives studying the human race, have found out about them and from reading my own reactions to things. Lew Ayres, 1938 This page intentionally left blank ...