When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.
Acting
Linda Darnell's genuine spark at only sixteen.
Production
Glimpses of real 1940 Fox studio operations.
Director
Walter Lang
Linda Darnell
Carolyn Sayres
John Payne
Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" Borden
Roland Young
Thomas Brooke
Charlotte Greenwood
Lola Langdon
William Gargan
Dane Wharton
Mary Beth Hughes
June Lawrence
Mary Healy
Mary Andrews
Donald Meek
Sam Wellman
Jessie Ralph
Aunt Martha Parker
Walter Kingsford
Studio Actor Playing "Napoleon"
George Montgomery
Ronnie
Robert Lowery
Bellboy
Lynne Roberts
College Girl
Joan Leslie
College Girl (uncredited)
Jody Gilbert
Hotel Maid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Linda Darnell was actually discovered in a similar manner—she entered a 'Gateway to Hollywood' talent contest at fifteen and was signed by Fox within months.
This is essentially Fox's sanitized answer to A Star Is Born, made while they were grooming Darnell as their answer to Vivien Leigh. The meta-commentary is almost painful.
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