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Jean Hersholt (1886-1956) |
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- Lewis Stone, Mata Hari, 1930. Hersholt had to pass on the sinister German spymaster during script delays. Even then - and Garbo or no Garbo! - the Atlanta Better Film Committee reviwer didn’t like it. “I wish this picture could be destroyed. It is not fit to be shown anywhere.”
- Victor McLaglen, Nancy Steele Is Missing, 1936. Following his Reunion triumph, the post-Lindbergh baby kidnapper was first designed for Hesholt. Due to script changes, the it was later passed to Lionel Barymore - and Wallace Beery, who couldn’t “do a picture with a director whose name I can't pronounce” (Saying Otto Preminger was that difficult?).
- HB Warner, It's A Wonderful Life, 1946.
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