Disappeared on 14 March 1975 one of the most beautiful
women of the American screen. It was also an extremely talented actress,
making once more absurd lie the legend that beauty and talent do not convolute
together. With admirable fleece fawn, his lovely smile, her eyes sparkling
with mischief, she represented the glamour goddesses of the screen it has more fascinating.
Hollywood has imposed the admiration of the crowd of stars a rare physical
perfection but I do not hesitate to write that Susan Hayward was better than
beautiful: a feast for the eyes, splendidly woman. It could not be dazzled
by the charm that emanated from her especially since it was not finishing. She
arrived in California, called by David O. Selznick, who, seeking Scarlett
O'Hara's "Gone with the Wind” thought he had found in an issue of the
Saturday Evening Post in 1937. Physically, she had actually made an
ideal choice. Unfortunately, the "test" that proved disastrous
and turned abruptly, Selznick told him. "Regain your Brooklyn and register
in a dramatic course we will see in two or three years ...” It was very
unfamiliar with this voluntary and stubborn redhead. Instead of doing as
suggested by Selznick, she encrustation, managed to get a modest six-month
contract with Warner, where he was made to attend the dramatic course of the
studio. In reality, only its beauty and captivating as it is mere ornament
that made her start on the screen in "Hollywood Hotel", where his
name is not even appeared in the credits. On the left quickly leave
without further ado. A starlet over not eating every day to satisfy his
hunger! Paramount agreed to give him another chance, and with the firm,
she signed a contract for $ 350 per week. His first film gave him three
partners of choice: Gary Cooper , Ray Mill and Robert Preston. But
"Beau Geste" was only a movie man on the Foreign Legion still a
semblance of decorative role. However, she was at work, the future looked so
dark. Acquired it and what made him the default experience. His
progress was slow, however: you cannot access without serious training to
stardom. Susan turned everything presented without complaint, even roles
that gave him any satisfaction. At least she knew where she was, what she
wanted. In those years professionally rather disappointing, she forged a
rule of conduct that, throughout his life, she was scrupulously fanatically observed:
"I refuse to be discouraged no matter what happens." And she
kept her word. Even more desperately ill cancer inoperable brain tumors
and knowing that each passing day could be the last, she remained wrestler with
his doctor said, "I have never seen such extraordinary will to live." And
courage never ceased to be admirable. Converted to Catholicism, his faith
was his lifeline during the last years of his life. While she enjoyed
triumphs during his life as an actress but her tests were not spared either. At
six, she was hit by a drunk driver and it was thought that she would never walk
again. The result of months of immobility in bed, which she later said,
"But everyone brought me constantly gifts: a nice compensation.”Daughter
of poor parents, raised in a rather miserable Brooklyn one of his comrades
there was Ira Grosses, who would later become Jeff Chandler , if it was spoiled and
pampered by her parents, she was also quickly hardened by the way of life in a
world without real sun. This was the time when it was important to ensure
a good little corner to sell newspapers. When his brother was an impediment,
Susan, still Edythe Mar-render at the time, replaced, making the punch with the
bad guys in the neighborhood who tried to usurp conquered with so much trouble. The
father keeps underground and in his spare time, barker at the amusement park at
Conley Island had bequeathed to his three children the legacy of his philosophy
of life: "It must constantly fight for his beliefs." In this
environment, it helped them survive. And the girl, who refused to yield an
inch of ground gained, would remember all his life. "As a foretaste
of what was waiting for me in my early years of struggle in Hollywood, she
said. also time when it was appropriate to dodge all the shots down. Bah I was dressed....
“What a brilliant actress she managed to become when she managed to escape
stereotypical jobs where it was long confined! And the first real
opportunity came in 1947 with "A Lost Life" in its wake a first
nomination for the Oscar. And there would be others: in 1949 for "My
Foolish Heart" in 1952 for "A Chorus in My Heart" in 1955 for
"A Woman in hell."And then she missed very little the coveted
statuette. Alas, there were nominated this year Anna Magnani in a spectacular setting: the
"The Rose Tattoo." And Susan had to wait another three years to
win his victory, which was all the more striking. Because it was overwhelming
in the guise of lethal Barbara Graham in "I want to live." A
terrible story, overwhelming role! It was assumed that she had given the
best of herself in "I'll Cry Tomorrow," which also earned him the
award for Best Actress at Cannes. But it manages to be even more
extraordinary here, actress in the most impressive sense of the word. In
comparison, all the films she would turn then would suffer without it was his
fault. However, its producers tried, sometimes in the drama, sometimes in
comedy, giving him a chance to shine again. In vain With the film's Oscar,
Susan had just reached its zenith in 1944, when she was struggling with
all his energy, all his talent, to try to impose in Hollywood, she married for
love an actor without moving a lot of air, was an honest career, Jess Barker. She
bore him twins. Then came what sometimes happens in households artists
suddenly for no specific reason, nobody wanted Jess while Susan continued
blithely a road leading right to the summit. This imbalance sours the
character of this "star husband." Happiness crumbled ... After
a horrific scene in which Susan was beaten to a pulp, and then thrown her
irascible husband in the pool at their home, far overflowed. Susan
demanded divorce, Jess, living in his hooks, stubbornly refusing him. The
trial was the "one" of newspapers in the United States. Susan
won but not without many tears shed bitter because Jess was engaged to
blackmail the child so as not to lose his livelihood. It was when it was
over, that Susan should resume learning happiness and it was not easy because
it was out of the race very traumatized. However happiness would smile at
him again because, in 1956, two years after the tragedy that had ravaged his
private life, she met Floyd Eaton Chalkley, a Georgia businessman. And it
was all great love. Yet there was another drama, exactly one year ago when
she fell in love unwisely actor Don Barry. A doomed love in advance,
really not easy and it led to the only real moment of despair in his life. The
wrestler that everyone admired the tenacity wanted, in a moment of supreme
discouragement to end life. She took an overdose of barbiturates. She
was saved by a miracle, and a fortnight later, MGM resumed its role as Lillian
Roth in "I'll Cry Tomorrow." Giving it all its intensity, she
was stunning. Everyone was expecting it to Oscar and when that famous
night, the name of Anna Magnani was proclaimed instead of his own, a great
murmur in the room. We also saw Susan Hayward burst into tears: the first,
the only time she lost the empire in public esteem. His union with
Chalkley was extremely happy. He did not ask him to give up his job but it is a
fact that she was now more attracted to a family life with him in Carrollton,
Georgia, by the false hopes of a career in which she had as given. And
here once again fate dealt him a terrible blow: the man she loved with all his
heart, all his soul, died suddenly undermined by a pernicious hepatitis. As
she explained to me, "When Eaton died, it's like a game, the most of me
died with him they were both my son, who have provided me the joy that I saved
from despair when I fell. Again, I learned to live ... “She decided never to
make films. But it was not forgotten and Mark Robson , when he was forced to do
without the services of Judy Garland , as the conduct of it was
unbearable during the filming of "The Valley of the Dolls", sent an
SOS to the faithful friend Susan Hayward. And she came. The role was
short: just ten days of shooting. But a change in his life was necessary
and film, such as TV, brought it to him. She said however that it was not
a final return and the finished film, returned to his home. Once again, it
would come out of this retreat: to give reply to William Holden in "The Wild
Pursuit". Soon after, she began to feel the first symptoms of the
disease that would kill him. She struggled valiantly, desperately,
suffering patiently endless examinations through which experts sought to
determine the progress of his illness. Wrestler remained in this frail
body where the pain was long established. It is a heart that was stopped
because of its resistance. But the battle was lost before...
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