Talk:Margaret Sullavan

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Another of her blowups almost killed Sam Wood, who was a keen anti-Communist. He dropped dead from a heart attack shortly after a raging argument with Sullavan, who had refused to fire a writer on a proposed film on account of his right-wing views.[28]

This passage is a little confusing. It sounds like Sullavan refused to fire a writer for his right-wing views and that this angered anti-Communist Sam Wood. Could it be she refused to hire the writer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.76.187.11 (talk) 22:45, 7 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I stumbled over the same passage. Can't find corroboration either way just now .. Doceddi (talk) 08:45, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"she got into a spat with director Sam Wood over a writer he wanted to fire and she wanted to keep" https://www.factinate.com/people/margaret-sullavan-facts/

It's not a reputable source, but it does make for sense than our wording here. Doceddi (talk) 08:52, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

" If you can believe one of the more bizarre Hollywood anecdotes, she supposedly once engaged in a “ferocious” debate with the arch-right-wing director Sam Wood over the hiring of a left-wing actor — a showdown so fierce that it may actually have contributed to Wood’s death from a heart attack later the same day." http://www.towntopics.com/may1309/book.php

Doceddi (talk) 09:02, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, found a good source: https://books.google.de/books?id=HvC3WaGZF3UC&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=sam+wood+Margaret+sullavan&source=bl&ots=Er-vADyfcV&sig=ACfU3U2fo05NzYa7qSNRyRIACgBM_SrCbA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD87qjtOD0AhXGwKQKHctbBUAQ6AF6BAgkEAI#v=onepage&q=sam%20wood%20Margaret%20sullavan&f=false

Larry Ceplair, Steven Englund. The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-1960. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1983 ; ISBN 0-520-04886-5, pg. 209.

Doceddi (talk) 09:44, 13 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]