Comments on: Lew Ayres: The Road Less Traveled

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[...] eventually forgave him this CO status, Ayres’ career was never quite the same after the war. (Lew Ayres: The Road Less Traveled over at TCM’s Movie Morlocks is a great piece for further [...]

By: Bob Saloum

Bob Saloum — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:24:09 +0000

About 20 years ago I had read that Lew Ayers was giving public
talks at the Los Angeles branch of the Theosophical society and
immediately recognized his depth of religious and philosophical
living. Recently while watching one of his movies on TCM I de-
cided to research his life a little further. I was so overwhelmed
by his depth of spiritual convictions juxtaposed to our current
climate of hate, divisity and a whole list of pathological phobias cultivated by political and religious perversions and
aberrations that I felt refreshed for a moment. God bless Lew
Ayers and his family.

By: Riccardo Bono

Riccardo Bono — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:49:47 +0000

An interesting life story. I knew that his marriage to Ginger Rogers faltered over the disparity in early career success. As it turned out, Ginger too had her peaks and valleys…as all actors…and I might add human beings do. Conscientious objection and the pacifist perspective is now part and parcel of our civilization. Gandhi and MLK demonstrated other ways to fight and resist without the recourse to arms and violence. After 50 million war deaths in WW I and II, who is to say that this was not the better more noble way?

By: marc

marc — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:43:28 +0000

fantastic collection of interesting facts about Lew. helluva guy, on and off screen. some of my favorite movies star Lew. Johnny Belinda is probably my favorite work of his. he and Wyman put on a real ‘acting class’ in that one. a biography would be soooooooooooo nice. kildare series stands up pretty well these days too.

By: moirafinnie

moirafinnie — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:11:56 +0000

Hey, dear readers, it's great that so many of us still enjoy Lew Ayres' work. I think his life off-screen may have been even more interesting than his long, fascinating career, which encompassed everything from co-starring with Greta Garbo in The Kiss to Donovan's Brain and beyond! It is possible that this continued interest may generate a biography someday soon. Btw, Art, I remember that great Mary Tyler Moore show too. When Mary dated the much older, and still very appealing Mr. Ayres, her friends asked if "she felt old age creeping up on her!" I think many very young women can still understand her interest--especially if they had seen his earlier movies! Thank you for sharing your continued interest here.

By: Art Henrikson

Art Henrikson — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:24:18 +0000

I grew up watching Lew Ayers in Dr. Kildare, with Lionel Barrymore. I didn’t know he was married to Ginger Rogers. I’d love to read a biography of his life. I saw a Mary Tyler Moore TV show recently in which he had a central part. It was great to see him again.

By: Fawnskin Flyer

Fawnskin Flyer — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:04:48 +0000

[...] these buildings and was excited to find that many were built by wealthy and famous people such as Lew Ayres and Frances [...]

By: Eileen Downey

Eileen Downey — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:50:52 +0000

I live in Fawnskin, a small town in the San Bernardino Mountains. Mr. Ayers owned a home in this community. I have spoken to several long term residents who remember him as a nice and caring person. One person commented on how he would stop by his cabin, and take him down to fish in Grout Creek.
Since his cabin is still standing and much loved, we hope to find some photos of him at his cabin and in town.

By: Marge Brandel

Marge Brandel — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:02:50 +0000

I too would love to see a biography written about this wonderful actor. He has given so many of us such pleasure through the years. I grew up watching many of his films and would love to read about his life in and out or films.

By: Eddie Lent

Eddie Lent — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:58:03 +0000

I have been looking around to see further biography information on him , and I haven’t been able to find who his parents were and siblings, or if they list any past for Lew besides being born in Minneapolis. I always hoped they’d do a biography on him, but as far as I know there hasn’t been one yet. I followed him since I was little because I was told he was my great uncle (told he was the brother of my grandmother Grace Ayres). But the article helped me learn a little bit more about him, and that is great…especially the pacifist stance.