- Helen Twelvetrees Bad Company, 1931. Soon after director Harry Joe Brown announced Damita as the wife of gangsters’ lawyer Ricardo Cortez for, Twelvetrees arrived…with director Tay Garnett.
- Lyda Roberti, The Kid From Spain, 1932. Two years earlier, Eddie Cantor and producer Samuel Goldwyn first discussed the comic’s idea about a “pop-eyed Jewish brat from Brooklyn who grew up to become the world’s greatest bullfighter.” (Inspired by the only US matador of the hour, Sicney Franklin). Damita, then Diane Sinclair and finally, the Warsaw-born blonde Roberti were seen for Rosalie. However, the actual script sort of evaporated. As it unfolded on-screen.
- Fifi Dorsay, Going Hollywood, 1933. They were lovers for 30 years, he created a film company for her, and flimsy comedienne or not, it was Marion Davies calling the shots. He (WR Hearst) said: Damita. Davies said: D’Orsay. And… make it so!
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