STARS TESTED FOR POPULAR ROLE
SCARLETT O’HARA BRINGS I GOOD FORTUNE Just missing the coveted role of Scar- ] left O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind ,; seems to have turned out lucky for nine ; of the losing candidates. Norma . Shearer got top role in “The Women ” , ( one of the best roles she has ever had. ; Bette Davis won last year’s Academy Award in “Jezebel,” after being tested ■ for Scarlett. Tallulah Bankhead scored :
her first big Broadway success in “The Little Foxes,” after being turned down as Scarlett. Katharine Hepburn succeeded on Broadway in “Philadelphia Story,” and is coming back to Hollywood a bigger star than ever. Paulette Goddard received her first stellar billing in “The Cat and the Canary,” and showed that she is really a good little actress. Susan Hayward got top feminine role in “Beau Geste.” Miriam Hopkins scored handily in “The Old Maid,” and her screen career is off to a fresh and brilliant new start. Margaret Tallichet, a former stenographer, who was given many tests for the big role, but finally lost, married director William Wyler, one of the top directors in the industry.' And Carole Lombard really got Rhett Butler in real life.
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Southland Times, Issue 24109, 24 April 1940, Page 9
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