The first movie Ronald Reagan ever appeared in was Love Is on the Air (1937), in which he played Andy McCaine, a crime reporter for a radio station who gets himself in trouble when his exposé on corruption in high places catches the attention of the wrong people. The film itself wasn't anything special, but Reagan gave a convincing performance and garnered positive reviews. Over the next three decades, he would go on to make 58 more films before turning his attention to politics.