May 22, 1944

HOLLYWOOD, May 21 — Joan Bennett laughed when I mentioned that I had heard on the Twentieth lot that she was to co-star with Fred MacMurray in “Nob Hill.” “It looks,” said Joan, “as if I am inheriting all Merle Oberon’s castoffs. First, ‘The Woman in the Window,’ and now ‘Nob Hill.’ ” Only a gal with Joanie’s grand sense of humor would have kidded herself, because most actresses hit the ceiling at any suggestion that they are second choice.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.