Screen tests of "classic" Hollywood stars

Here's some other wardrobe tests which were put into a featurette for theaters by Columbia in advance of Love Has Many Faces (1965) with Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson. Hugh O'Brien and Stephanie Powers, with commentary by Edith Head. It's from Academy archives and has been shown on TCM from time to time. 

When DVD's first became the dominant form of home media the practice of including "bonus" material became standard and screen tests and wardrobe tests were often included, so I think that's how many of them have survived and are probably your best source of such tests. Here's one from Strait-Jacket (1964) with old pro Joan Crawford. She knew how much her success on film depended on lighting, makeup and wardrobe, so you can see how cooperative she was; at one point she was obviously asked to do it without the eyelashes so she automatically just pulled them off, dropped them on the floor and continued the test. Now that's a pro.

This is an interesting screen test because we're so used to seeing (or not if you're not a fan) her as Anne in Valley of the Dolls (1967), but here's Barbara Parkins auditioning for Neely, which is the part she was recruited for initially. She's got the Neely hair and everything. It's difficult to watch impartially because, as I said, we're used to the other way, but I think she did OK, though there's something about the sneering delivery of Patty Duke in the role which isn't matched here.

Sometimes the information you're looking for is embedded in those "Making of..." documentaries which were put together for new home video releases and restorations. I recently watched one for The Ten Commandments and there were examples of wardrobe sketches and some casting info, such as the fact that Demille wanted either Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn for the role which ultimately went to Anne Baxter. Grace was then under a contract with MGM and they refused to even consider it and it was also decided that Audrey's body type didn't fit what could be ascertained about the ancient Egyptian ideal. There's also a "Making of.." doc I like about Cleopatra which has behind the scenes stories, some of them about wardrobe. The actor who originally played Antony during the London shoot told how one of his costumes was a robe with elaborate hand-stitching and embroidery by dressmakers who also created for the royal family, done in multiple copies, all never used when the production shut down and later moved to Rome. Actor Herbert Berghof also told of having an elaborately hand-carved cane which actually impeded his movement so was simply discarded, all part of a huge pattern of waste on the production in general. Both of those are on YouTube and there are many others which have made their way there as well. I won't post them here because they're well over an hour and I don't want to take up so much bandwidth , but it should be easy to access those and others.

Since Susan Hayward did a screen test for "GONE WITH THE WIND" (as Scarlett O' Hara), I'm wondering if there are any existing screen tests as well as wardrobe/makeup tests of her for any such movies.  I'm rather interested in seeing any rare footage of Ms. Hayward as her own natural self outside of her films.