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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 444454" data-attributes="member: 57984">The studios would also offer stars sub-par material they&#039;d refuse so that that studio could place them on suspension repeatedly in order to extend their contracts and keep them there for years beyond what they&#039;d originally signed for. (Olivia DeHavilland eventually broke that system).But the studios were always trying to control their roster of stars just for &#039;control&#039; sake. Even coercing them to change their names as soon as they signed -- even when their birthnames were perfectly suitable. (e.g., Barbara Stanwick was born Ruby Stevens, Mailyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Baker, the studio even tried to re-name Bette Davis as &quot;Betina Dawes&quot; --- but then, they were right to force Joan Crawford to drop her Lucille Le Seuer birthname).Donna Adams, a perfectly good name, was changed to &quot;Donna Reed&quot; (which makes no sense at all).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 444454, member: 57984"] The studios would also offer stars sub-par material they'd refuse so that that studio could place them on suspension repeatedly in order to extend their contracts and keep them there for years beyond what they'd originally signed for. (Olivia DeHavilland eventually broke that system). But the studios were always trying to control their roster of stars just for 'control' sake. Even coercing them to change their names as soon as they signed -- even when their birthnames were perfectly suitable. (e.g., Barbara Stanwick was born Ruby Stevens, Mailyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Baker, the studio even tried to re-name Bette Davis as "Betina Dawes" --- but then, they were right to force Joan Crawford to drop her Lucille Le Seuer birthname). Donna Adams, a perfectly good name, was changed to "Donna Reed" (which makes no sense at all). [/QUOTE]

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