Vintage Gazette
Loretta Young as 'Ramona''-1936-
Loretta Young as an Indian Gal??? - Rita Cansino (Hayworth) was heartbroken!!
..............here's what happened:
16 year old Rita Cansino was a new starlet at Fox, and had appeared in 2 or 3 small parts in 1935. The word around Fox studio was that Sheehan planned to make Rita a big star in ''Ramona''. Rita was excited about it and planning for it.
''Unbeknownst to Rita, dramatic changes were taking place at Fox that would alter entirely the course of her career. Sheehan had seen her dancing in Agua Caliente and it was he who signed her to a Fox contract. He became her mentor.
In 1935 Fox merged with Twentieth century, whose leaders were Joe Schneck and Darryl F. Zanuck. They quickly took control of the new joint entity known as "Twentieth Century Fox". Sheehan lost his job to Zanuck who cast a dubious eye on the projects of his predecessor.
Unfortunately , as Sheehan's progegee, Rita would be among the first to go. After warily studying the tests she had made for 'Ramona'' Zanuck declared her all wrong for the part and replaced her with Loretta Young. As if loosing ''Ramona" was not enough of a blow to Rita, after she had finished 2 additional films Sheehan and scheduled, Zanuck dropped the option on her contract. ''
This event brought about 2 changes in Hayworth's career ... it set her back and delayed her stardom. It would be 5 years before she became bonafied Hollywood movie star..for the next 4 years she was mainly a "B movie" actress and often did small bit parts.
Her final break came with the film 'Only Angels Have Wings'' which was an A picture and she had the 2nd female lead. He performance was excellant and she drew the attention of the fans and the moguls.
The other thing that happed as a result of being dropped by Fox was that a salesman, Ed Judson, had been talking to her father about marrying Rita and taking over her career management. After losing the Fox contract Rita was married off to Ed Judson. Ed was her husband, father, ''boss'' and manager until their divorce May 22, 1942 (1 week before their 5th wedding anniversary).
(this information & material is from Barbara Leaming's book 'If This Was Happiness')
Loretta Young as 'Ramona''-1936-
Loretta Young as an Indian Gal??? - Rita Cansino (Hayworth) was heartbroken!!
..............here's what happened:
16 year old Rita Cansino was a new starlet at Fox, and had appeared in 2 or 3 small parts in 1935. The word around Fox studio was that Sheehan planned to make Rita a big star in ''Ramona''. Rita was excited about it and planning for it.
''Unbeknownst to Rita, dramatic changes were taking place at Fox that would alter entirely the course of her career. Sheehan had seen her dancing in Agua Caliente and it was he who signed her to a Fox contract. He became her mentor.
In 1935 Fox merged with Twentieth century, whose leaders were Joe Schneck and Darryl F. Zanuck. They quickly took control of the new joint entity known as "Twentieth Century Fox". Sheehan lost his job to Zanuck who cast a dubious eye on the projects of his predecessor.
Unfortunately , as Sheehan's progegee, Rita would be among the first to go. After warily studying the tests she had made for 'Ramona'' Zanuck declared her all wrong for the part and replaced her with Loretta Young. As if loosing ''Ramona" was not enough of a blow to Rita, after she had finished 2 additional films Sheehan and scheduled, Zanuck dropped the option on her contract. ''
This event brought about 2 changes in Hayworth's career ... it set her back and delayed her stardom. It would be 5 years before she became bonafied Hollywood movie star..for the next 4 years she was mainly a "B movie" actress and often did small bit parts.
Her final break came with the film 'Only Angels Have Wings'' which was an A picture and she had the 2nd female lead. He performance was excellant and she drew the attention of the fans and the moguls.
The other thing that happed as a result of being dropped by Fox was that a salesman, Ed Judson, had been talking to her father about marrying Rita and taking over her career management. After losing the Fox contract Rita was married off to Ed Judson. Ed was her husband, father, ''boss'' and manager until their divorce May 22, 1942 (1 week before their 5th wedding anniversary).
(this information & material is from Barbara Leaming's book 'If This Was Happiness')