That story does have holes, but many years ago I worked on a low budget production as a PA. One of my jobs was to drive some of the actors around. It does happen.
The original film that A Star Is Born was was based on was a 1932 film called “What Price Hollywood?” It’s the exact same story. When the 1937 ASIB was released, the studio was sued by the writers of WPH for plagiarism.
Joan Crawford did get her name from a contest, but “Crawford” was not the winning name. The winning entry to name her was “Joan Arden”. However, there was already an actress by that name. The name “Joan Crawford” was the runner-up. She didn’t like at first, she thought it sounded…
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