- Charles Smith, Henry Aldrich For President, 1941. The working title of Henry and Dizzy highlighted certain changes to the third Henry Aldrich tale. Their performers, said Paramount, had become too old. Bracken, at 26, was replaced as Dizzy Stevens, likewise Jackie Cooper, 19, as Henry. Smith was 21… and lasted five more movies until reaching 24.
- Alan Young, Androcles and Lion, 1951. During three years of bizarre casting of the George Bernard Shaw playlet – everyone from the sublime Chaplin (and Harpo Marx) to the ridiculous Bracken. Finally, the white bread innocentce of Young was borrowed from Paramount.
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