Chapter 105 Sister Flower
Joan Fangden joined Hollywood in 1935 and has remained in a lukewarm state since then. At the beginning, the actress auditioned at MGM and was signed as a second-rate actor by MGM. Over the past few years, although she has taken on many movies, the effect is not very ideal, and she is only one step away from a superstar, but this step seems so far away.
For Joan Fonden, the situation began to change in 1940. This year, she was nominated for Best Actress for Hitchcock's "Butterfly Dream", which made Joan Fonden truly appear on the radiant performing stage.
"Is it a signing contract, but now something goes wrong." Nicholas smiled.
He is the former head of MGM. Although he has left MGM for so many years, he still has many inside players within MGM, so he is still clearer in the news inside than ordinary people.
"At the beginning, Hitchcock and MGM had an intention, and later switched to Warner Bros. Film Company. Now, they jumped to Thunderbolt Hua. Joan Fonden has been deeply fascinated by Hitchcock since he participated in "Butterfly Dream". It can be said that in this woman's eyes, Hitchcock is a god-like existence. In this way, she obviously doesn't want to stay at MGM. Therefore, Joan Fonden ran to Hitchcock privately one night, and the two of them had a detailed discussion."
"What are you talking about?" Victor asked.
Nicholas shook his head: "I don't know what to talk about, but the result is that Qiong Fangdeng ran out crying. After returning, he went home and took dozens of sleeping pills. Fortunately, the servant found out early and sent him to the hospital in time. Only then did he save his life."
"No, why is it so serious?" Victor was stunned.
"It is said that in the face of Joan Fonden who was following him enthusiastically, Hitchcock acted extremely affectionate and decisive. He refused Joan Fonden without hesitation and told her that the reason he chose her was just because her personality was suitable for the script he was at that time, which did not mean that he would always use her in the future. As for Joan Fonden's proposal to follow Hitchcock to Lei Dinghua, Hitchcock even scolded Joan Fonden."
"Hitchcock, who has his advantages, the movie is not bad, but he is also very smart. He knows Meyer's temper. Even if Joan Fonden is not so popular, if he kidnapped Joan Fonden, Meyer will definitely not let him go. Therefore, Hitchcock will definitely not provoke Joan Fonden, but will drive him away directly."
"What a poor woman." After hearing Nicholas's words, Victor was very sympathetic to Joan Fonden.
This woman is beautiful, quiet, and has connotation. She is introverted and gentle, and it is a hard time to meet these men.
"After returning from the hospital, Joan Fonden locked himself in the villa, and no one saw him. The newspaper reported that this woman was in a bad mood now and could not perform at all. After this incident was hyped up, Meyer was very annoyed and directly asked Owen Salberg to terminate Joan Fonden's contract. Now Joan Fonden is betrayal and no one cares about it, and it can be said that she has fallen to the bottom." Nicholas lit a cigarette and looked at Victor: "Victor, this is a good opportunity."
"It's indeed a good opportunity." Victor's eyes lit up.
If you can win Qiong Fangdeng, it will definitely be of great significance to Legendary Film Company.
"But, it's a bit difficult." Victor rubbed his temples: "She is like this now, I'm afraid she has no interest in anyone, so we can't impress her."
"That's your business. I can't control this." Nicholas smiled wickedly.
Victor thought for a while and said to Nicholas: "In this way, you ask someone to organize a copy of Joan Fonden's information and hand it to me, and I'll see it before talking about it."
Nicholas obeyed the situation, and soon, a dozen thick materials were placed on Victor's desk.
Looking through the information of Joan Fangden, Victor was becoming more and more interested in this woman.
Joan Fonden, whose real name is Joan De Beauvoir de Havilland, in Hollywood, she also has an older sister - Olivia de Havilland. This sister is now far more famous in Hollywood than Joan Fonden herself. Not to mention anything else, with her excellent performance in "Gone with the Wind", Olivia De Havilland has received favor from many directors and has fully qualified as a script superstar. In history, Joan Fonden's sister won Oscars twice, which is extremely glorious.
And with such a strong sister, Joan Fangdeng, seemed destined to live in the shadow of her sister. Even when she decided to follow her sister's footsteps into Hollywood, her mother felt that her doing so might affect her sister, and she was not allowed to have her last name De Havilland. Joan Fangdeng had to adopt the stepfather's surname, Fonden, as her stage name.
"It's very interesting." Victor put down the information, looked at the night outside the window, pondered for a while, and dialed the phone.
It wasn't too late, and Anthony broke in with sweat.
"Uncle Anthony, there is something I need you to do. But you must do it quietly and not let anyone know." Victor said.
"What's the matter?" Anthony looked at Victor with some concern when he saw that he was speaking so seriously.
Victor put the photo of Joan Fonden and her sister on the table and said to Anthony: "You send someone to investigate everything that happened between these two women, the more detailed the better. I need all the details, their past lives, and their love, hate and affection."
"That's it?" Anthony almost got angry.
"Well. This is very important, go."
"I will give you a reply in three days." Anthony took away the two photos.
Three days later, Anthony brought Victor a full box of information.
These materials almost contain all the social records of this sister from childhood to adulthood, and there are detailed news reports.
After carefully analyzing these data, Victor found that the relationship between the two sisters was completely serious than he thought. It was not bad, but very bad. The biological sisters almost reached the point where they drew their swords toward each other. The preference of their parents, the preference of society, and the strength of their sister made Qiong Fangdeng always be covered by shadows.
Victor lit a cigarette, squinted his eyes and looked at the news report in his hand carefully. Among them, one of the news caught Victor's attention.
"Haha, there's a door!" Victor slapped Anthony on the back: "Anthony, hurry up and do something for me and get this thing for me."
Chapter completed!