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<\/a><\/p>\nOver the years, some sources have credited Joan Crawford with helping Ann launch her acting career. This is not exactly accurate, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort on Joan’s part. Ann met Joan while the pair were both under contract to MGM. Dvorak was a lowly chorus girl, while Crawford was well on her way to becoming one of the studios biggest stars. Despite this gap in the studio system hierarchy and a perceived resemblance between them, (people on the lot would frequently refer to Ann as “the dancer who looks like Crawford”), Joan took a shine to the young aspiring actress and became an early mentor. She tried her damnedest to get Ann parts outside the chorus, but the best she managed were extra roles in her own films\u00c2\u00a0 This Modern Age<\/strong><\/a> and Our<\/strong> Blushing Brides<\/strong>.<\/a> Fortunately for Ann, there was another actress at MGM who saw the same amount of potential that Joan Crawford did, but was able to help her land the biggest role of her career…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 55 Over the years, some sources have credited Joan Crawford with helping Ann launch her acting career. This is not exactly accurate, but it wasn’t for a lack of effort on Joan’s part. Ann met Joan while the pair were both under contract to MGM. Dvorak was a lowly chorus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collection-spotlight"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t