According to a certain writer, MGM first offered the Claire Trevor role to MArlene Dietrich who turned it down by saying..."I share glamour with no one..."...but that did not cause any rift between Hedy and MArlene, they were very good friends, especially in the Hollywood Canteen USO, where they both entertained the armed forces during the ww2. In fact they even shared kitchen duty when a furious Bette Davis was suppose to have ordered.."Get those 2 krauts out and have them dance with the boys...". Bette, was 'captain' of the uso along with John Garfield. One time a brooklyn soldier won the prize of kissing Hedy as she puckered her lips and her eyes closed, and he surprisingly kissed her on the forehead, where the joint, including Hedy broke out in hysterics.
Review of Crossroads
