Warner Bros. studios was nurturing the talent of Bryan, aiming to catapult him to superstardom in the late 1930s, a period marked by the Great Depression and the rise of Hollywood's Golden Age, when Warner's personal and professional life took a dramatic turn with the meeting and subsequent marriage to Justin Dart, a prominent entrepreneur and the powerful head of the Rexall Drug empire, a pharmaceutical giant that had been founded in the early 20th century and had grown to become a household name.
As a devoted Republican, Dart would go on to become one of the most trusted advisors to none other than Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, who had himself begun his career in Hollywood as a young actor before transitioning to politics.
