Just watched Shadow of A Doubt for the first time - reputedly Hitchcocks favourite of his own films. Deliciously dark humour, and a sublime cast - looked up the young star, Teresa Wright and found this - it appears she also had a rather brilliant sense of humour....and dignity. (She was born in 1918 so would have been 21 or 22 at this point. I particularly enjoyed the clause about looking insinuatingly at a turkey..) ...: Goldwyn immediately hired the young actress for the role of Bette Davis daughter in the 1941 adaptation of Lillian Hellmans The Little Foxes, signing her to a five-year Hollywood contract with the Goldwyn Studios. Asserting her seriousness as an actress, Wright insisted her contract contain unique clauses by Hollywood standards: “The aforementioned Teresa Wright shall not be required to pose for photographs in a bathing suit unless she is in the water. Neither may she be photographed running on the beach with her hair flying in the wind. Nor may she pose in any of the following situations: In shorts, playing with a cocker spaniel; digging in a garden; whipping up a meal; attired in firecrackers and holding skyrockets for the Fourth of July; looking insinuatingly at a turkey for Thanksgiving; wearing a bunny cap with long ears for Easter; twinkling on prop snow in a skiing outfit while a fan blows her scarf; assuming an athletic stance while pretending to hit something with a bow and arrow.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:32:32 +0000
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