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Bert Lahr (1895-1967) |
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- Hugh Herbert, One Touch of Venus, 1947. Hollywood icon Mary Pickford snapped up the musical’s rights - for Broadway icon, Mary Martin, with Bert Lahr, Frank Sinatra and Clifton Webb. Then, Martin fell pregnant and Pickford sold it, even more rapidly, to MGM... which saw it as a vehicle for Ava Gardner. Herbert (a veritable Lahr clone) was totally absent in the final cut.
- James Flavin, One Touch Of Venus, 1948. Mary Pickford jumped fast in 1943 to buy the $150,000 rights to the Broadway hit - for Mary Martin, Clifton Webb, Sinatra and Oz’s Cowardly Lion Then, she got cold feet and sold it, even more rapidly, to MGM... which saw it as a vehicle for Ava Gardner.
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