Show r Gets Cha Chance nee In Big Bie Bi Feminine Role By Erskine Erskne Johnson HOLLYWOOD NEA The girl in a due daze sat eat in one of ot Paramount's Paramount's Para- Para mounts mount's but bet satin lined atI dressing rooms with an Alice Allce in Wonderland Wonderland Wonder Wonder- land look Jook on her face V About all she he could say ny was wu Its It's wonderful You'd probably be in a daze too sister if It f all aU of a sudden ludden you found yourself in Ray Milland's arm armi playing one of the biggest feminine roles of the year In Hol- Hol Hol Hol- lywood And everybody raving about your ability as an actress Especially if you are only 22 three years out of ot theLong Beach Cal junior college lIV living in a week a room at the Hollywood Studio St Club for tor Girls taking dramatic dra dra- matic lessons es ons every day and dreaming about stardom every J night like Barbara Britton Brittoh One afternoon she Is Barbara Britton stock contract actress with a couple of ot minor bit rol roles her to-her credit Next morning she Is Js Barbara Britton 8 star tar Ray Milland's coa coatar cottar co co- co- co a tar atar ho rio less in fn a million dollar doUat Paramount picture titled Till We Meet Again the Again the story of of a novice French nun who helps an English flyer escape sc pe to England after being shot down over France With a and satin lined lined dressing room Frank Borzage as her director It happened just that suddenly too V i Maureen OHara O'Hara had been playIng playIng playIng play- play Ing the role opposite Milland for two weeks when her doctor telephoned telephoned telephoned tele tele- phoned a studio executive and said could she he please have a 1 few days oft off The studio asked for a reason and the doctor said Of course Maureen was expecting a baby Shell She'll need a lot of rest the doctor doctor doc doe tor tor said Apparently Maureen V had forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- for for- V gotten to tip off the studio or e else e the he studio had forgotten th that t. t Maureen ever mentioned she he was learning earning how to knit little booties The executive who received the doctors doctor's call had to be revived with Ice water before he was was able torun o run screaming through the halls to o Production Boss Buddy de deSylvia's deSylvia's Sylvias Sylvia's office Guess what he shouted knocking down three startled secretaries sec sec- as u he galloped into Buddys Buddy's office Guess what said aid Buddy with his usual calmness Maureen OHara O'Hara is going to have a baby screamed the ex ex- Ye Gads said laid Buddy She cant can't do this to us the us-the the picture picture- the picture schedule schedule bucks bucksa a day day o Oh-o-o-o-o-o Oh o V Buddy swayed on his hi fe feet t reached for a couple of benze- benze drene rene tablets and rushed to the theet set et for a conference with Director Borzage and everybody else in the studio studio including- including the janitor One thing was certain Maureen couldn't continue the picture Did anyone have a a lug suggestion U g g e est a t I 0 n. n PLEASE Director Borzage had an idea Last winter before directing Stage Door Canteen one of Paramount's y young ung c con contract o n t r a 8 c t players had read the role of ot Eileen for or him She was wu very good But Buthe she he didn't get the role Perhaps she he could substitute for Maureen 1 Her name Borzage said was was was V Barbara Britton somebody yelled the girl said Borzage Get her screamed De Sylvia So they went out and got Barara Barbara Barbara Bar- Bar bara ara Britton brought her to the theet set et made madea a costume test Director Borzage and the big boys looked at t the film fUm and said Thata the girt girl irl And that's ho how Barbara Britton the lie girl who dreamed about star star- stardom dom om every night became a star |