Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentBorn: July 1, 1916Best known for: “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” “Gone With the Wind,” and two Oscar-winning performances, “To Each His Own” and “The Heiress”First claim to fame: Gossip magazines offered endless coverage of her feud with sister Joan Fontaine, which lasted for decadesSecond (and more important) claim to fame: She helped end the old studio system.
While under a 7-year contract with Warner Bros., she refused several roles and was suspended multiple times. When her contract ended, WB said she still owed them six months, for the time off during suspension.
She made the unprecedented move of suing the studio and the judge agreed with her, saying the system was one of “peonage.” On March 15, 1944,.
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