Show t r rt J tf r td W y r 0 t y ri Jf 1 CH's j L Lr r f F A k c A d i R t Y f r 4 nl 4 Joan Fontaine Never used her real de de' Havilland because because be be- a name I f ti r y y w cause she did not want want- to capitalize capi caps t a t upon fame of her sister Olivia f A s x r a Tyrone Power Last Last time he fl v va u je wore a mustache in in Jesse a. a James numerous fans wrote 1 5 1 3 y f complaints to the studio loans Joan Luck Has All Been Good Since She Picked Last Namey Name By y ERNEST FOSTER HOLLYWOOD UP Few UP-Few Few people know it but the third name was the charm for Joan Fontaine Fontain the motion pi picture ture star who ho won the Academy y award for or th the best performance by an actress during 1941 1911 Miss Fontaine told of her early disappointments under other names as she sat in her dressing room on The Constant Nymph set at Warner Bros When I first tried to get into pictures she said I used the name Joan St. St John I r made lots lotsof lotsof lotsof of tests tests tests-it it seems now as if there were thousands of them them but but nobody nobody nobody no no- body wanted any part of me Then I tried again as Joan Burfield Bur- Bur field I did a little play and made more film tests The general result re- re result result re re- sult was the same No encouragement encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment no contract Finally I thought of trying my stepfathers stepfather's name nam Fontaine I Ia a asked aked ked a for fortune tune teller teler ler about it and she said Fontaine would be perfect for me I began to get chances at once and I soon had a film contract Miss Fontaines Fontaine's real last name is De Havilland but she didn't want to use it because she was determined not to capitalize upon the fame of her successful sister Olivia The star said the same fortune fortuneteller fortuneteller fortuneteller teller who advised her to be Joan Fontaine also told her 1942 would be her great year To date she has nas received the academy award the New York critics' critics award for the same performance performance performance per per- in Suspicion and a golf trophy for shooting a hole I in one on the tricky Pebble Beach II course near Del Monte As a matter of fact Miss Fontaine Fontaine Fon Fon- taine is somewhat of a steady customer for fortune tellers On one occasion sh she sat in a beauty parlor having her hair washed and was entertained by a fortune teller |