Post by topbilled on Jun 18, 2024 15:58:07 GMT
Loretta Young began her movie career at the end of the silent era, and she was an immediate hit when sound took over. She made a series of precode films at First National/Warner Brothers in the early 1930s. Darryl Zanuck was a production chief at Warners, and when he left to start his own independent company (20th Century Pictures) he took Loretta with him. Loretta had many successes in the 30s with Zanuck, but by 1937 she was growing dissatisfied with the material she was being handed to play. Loretta wanted more serious dramatic parts, and she also wanted more perks in her contract but Zanuck would not acquiesce. Loretta would leave 20th Century Fox in 1939, and a vengeful Zanuck had her blacklisted across the industry. She did not work for nine months because of this. Eventually Loretta signed on at Columbia, and she began to reinvent herself as the serious actress she envisioned herself to be. Ultimately, she earned an Oscar and was one of the first golden age movie stars to successfully transition to television where she hosted and occasionally starred in a long-running anthology program.
Check out:
SUEZ (1938)
COME TO THE STABLE (1949)
MOTHER IS A FRESHMAN (1949)