City of Nets (2013)
“Draper. So she hurried back, only to find that Cohn had changed his mind. “I don’t want you to play a stepmother, an older woman involved with a young guy,” he said. “I want you in a very sympathetic role.” Cohn agreed to put Miss Swanson on salary while his lieutenants searched for a new project for her. Somebody suggested a play, which was now owned by David Selznick, that Tallulah Bankhead had recently done on Broadway, and Miss Swanson liked that. It had a great death scene. To make sure of... Cohn’s support, Miss Swanson insisted on going to his home and reading aloud to him the whole twenty-five-page scenario. She was in tears when she finished, and Cohn said she was wonderful, but he wanted to wait until the next day to telephone her with his final decision.
She stayed home all morning to wait for the call. Then the phone rang.
“It’s Harry Cohn, Gloria,” said Harry Cohn. “The answer is no.”
“But why, Harry?” asked Miss Swanson, who said later that she began to feel like screaming.MoreLess
She stayed home all morning to wait for the call. Then the phone rang.
“It’s Harry Cohn, Gloria,” said Harry Cohn. “The answer is no.”
“But why, Harry?” asked Miss Swanson, who said later that she began to feel like screaming.MoreLess
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