
Irene Dunne
Vivien Leigh got the part Greer Garson got the part Director: Michael Curtiz. Also starred Edmund Gwenn, Zasu Pitts & Jimmy Lydon. Plot: A financier from New York rules his numerous family, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousity of a bookkeeper. Director: Victor Fleming. Also starred Ward Bond, James Gleason & Lionel Barrymore. Plot: A sentimental, patriotic (if not propagandistic) Hollywood fantasy about a dead World War II bomber pilot... Director: John Cromwell. Also starred Bruce Cabot, Edna May Oliver & Sam Hardy. Plot: Social worker/prison reformer looks for love with men who abuse her, finds herself attracted to a controversial judge. Director: George Stevens. Also starred Edgar Buchanan, Ann Doran & Eva Lee Kuney. Plot: A couple's big dreams give way to a life full of unexpected sadness and unexpected joy. Director: Wesley Ruggles. Based on the novel “Cimarron†by Edna Ferber. RKO Pictures spent close to $1.5 million. That’s about $17 million today. Director: J. Walter Ruben. Also starred Eric Linden, Christian Rub & Leila Bennett. Plot: A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness. Director: Philip Moeller. Also starred Helen Westley, Laura Hope Crews & Julie Haydon. Plot: An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan. Director: George Stevens. Also starred Philip Dorn, Cedric Hardwicke & Edgar Bergen. Plot: The ups and downs of a Norwegian immigrant family, circa 1910.
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