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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 233369" data-attributes="member: 7"><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Greer Garson actually came to MGM around 1937. She sat around for two years while the studio scrambled to find a vehicle for her before she finally turned up in <em>Goodbye, Mr. Chips </em>(1939), which earned her an Oscar nomination. Her role was small when compared to her fellow nominees, but her performance garnered raves. She was quickly ushered to the forefront of MGM's leading ladies. She was then given the lead role in <em>Susan and God</em>, but the powers-that-be soon reassigned her to the more prestigious <em>Pride and Prejudice </em>(1940), co-starring Laurence Olivier. Joan Crawford accepted the studio's request for her to replace Garson in <em>Susan and God</em>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Like I mentioned earlier, the similar letters in Greer Garson and Greta Garbo had been convinced there was a connection between the two women, if only from the studio's decision to rename Greer. As it turns out, I'm wrong; Greer Garson was her given name (or part of it). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Anyway, there seemed to be a lot of urgency surrounded Garson's splash at the box office in the late 1930s. Garbo, whose attempt at romantic comedy came with mixed blessings, finally decided to walk away from her film career in early 1942, initially intended to return following the conclusion of the Second Wold War. Norma Shearer, who had been the Queen of the studio the past decade, had been suffering a career downturn following the death of her husband, production head Irving Thalberg, back in late 1936. Crawford, whose rags-to-riches formula had worn out its welcome with Depression-era audiences, had been proclaimed "box office poison" by theater exhibitors in 1938. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Greer Garson was <em>one </em>of the many actresses MGM was banking on to keep their reputation for being the Tiffany Studio afloat. Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner were among the others, all of whom carried the studio successfully throughout the 1940s. Garson handled the prestige pictures, Garland the studio-defining musicals, Lamarr the exotic beauty parts, and Turner the blonde bombshell roles. Garson morphed into the new Queen of MGM, while the others circled around her. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Most agree Joan Crawford was the one most worried about Garson's arrival at MGM. Garbo and Shearer were already disillusioned with their own careers, while Crawford, ever the career-centric dark horse, was not going to take her career setback laying down. Still, she accepted the studio's request for her to fill-in for Garson on <em>Susan and God</em>, even though she knew the role was wrong for her, and she showed up happily for the 1941 sanitized remake of <em>When Ladies Meet</em>, co-starring with Garson. I haven't seen all of this film, but it's definitely on my watch list. </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]21809[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 233369, member: 7"] [FONT=arial]Greer Garson actually came to MGM around 1937. She sat around for two years while the studio scrambled to find a vehicle for her before she finally turned up in [I]Goodbye, Mr. Chips [/I](1939), which earned her an Oscar nomination. Her role was small when compared to her fellow nominees, but her performance garnered raves. She was quickly ushered to the forefront of MGM's leading ladies. She was then given the lead role in [I]Susan and God[/I], but the powers-that-be soon reassigned her to the more prestigious [I]Pride and Prejudice [/I](1940), co-starring Laurence Olivier. Joan Crawford accepted the studio's request for her to replace Garson in [I]Susan and God[/I]. Like I mentioned earlier, the similar letters in Greer Garson and Greta Garbo had been convinced there was a connection between the two women, if only from the studio's decision to rename Greer. As it turns out, I'm wrong; Greer Garson was her given name (or part of it). Anyway, there seemed to be a lot of urgency surrounded Garson's splash at the box office in the late 1930s. Garbo, whose attempt at romantic comedy came with mixed blessings, finally decided to walk away from her film career in early 1942, initially intended to return following the conclusion of the Second Wold War. Norma Shearer, who had been the Queen of the studio the past decade, had been suffering a career downturn following the death of her husband, production head Irving Thalberg, back in late 1936. Crawford, whose rags-to-riches formula had worn out its welcome with Depression-era audiences, had been proclaimed "box office poison" by theater exhibitors in 1938. Greer Garson was [I]one [/I]of the many actresses MGM was banking on to keep their reputation for being the Tiffany Studio afloat. Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner were among the others, all of whom carried the studio successfully throughout the 1940s. Garson handled the prestige pictures, Garland the studio-defining musicals, Lamarr the exotic beauty parts, and Turner the blonde bombshell roles. Garson morphed into the new Queen of MGM, while the others circled around her. Most agree Joan Crawford was the one most worried about Garson's arrival at MGM. Garbo and Shearer were already disillusioned with their own careers, while Crawford, ever the career-centric dark horse, was not going to take her career setback laying down. Still, she accepted the studio's request for her to fill-in for Garson on [I]Susan and God[/I], even though she knew the role was wrong for her, and she showed up happily for the 1941 sanitized remake of [I]When Ladies Meet[/I], co-starring with Garson. I haven't seen all of this film, but it's definitely on my watch list. [/FONT] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="293px" alt="1597433482592.png"]21809[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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