David O. Selznick's widely publicized search for Scarlett O'Hara is satirized in this amusing 20th Century-Fox effort that finds three-time Olympic figure-skating gold medalist Sonja Henie playing Trudi Hovland, a Minnesota skating teacher and one of hundreds of would-be starlets under
consideration for the role of Violet in the upcoming film epic "Girl of the North." Sent to the Gopher State by studio publicity head "Whit" Whitney (Alan Dinehart), Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) decides Trudi
is their girl, but before he can bring her back to Hollywood he must charm her aunt (Edna
May Oliver). Once in Tinseltown, Jimmy plays Cyrano to Trudi's Roxanne, providing...
Released:
1939
Rated:
NR
Length:
86 mins