JPScreenwriter and MGM chief butt headsFilming of The Human Comedy (1943) involved a dispute between the screenwriter and MGM's chief, which led to a best seller book of revenge.
JPDonna's Onscreen MotherFay Bainter played Donna Reed's mother in The Human Comedy (1943). She later was a guest star on The Donna Reed Show in The Baby Buggy.
JPDonna's co-stars share same birthdayThree people born on October 17th appeared in films with Donna Reed - Spring Byington, Marsha Hunt, and Montgomery Clift.
JPDonna appears in one of the Andy Hardy SeriesMickey Rooney appears with Donna Reed in The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942), which was one of the 16 films in the Andy Hardey series.
JPNo Oscar but a starVan Johnson, MGM's "boy-next-door," appeared with the "girl-next-door," Donna Reed, in three films.
JPM-G-M replaced DonnaHenry Morgan appears with Donna Reed in three films - The Human Comedy (1943), Thousands Cheer (1943), and Green Dolphin Street (1947).
JPScreenwriter and MGM chief butt headsDonna Reed appears in The Human Comedy (1943). A bitter dispute developed between screenwriter William Saroyan and Louis B. Mayer of MGM.
JPA 1940s leading manDonna Reed appears in two films with James Craig - The Human Comedy (1943) and Gentle Annie (1944).