Loretta Young's return to the screen following convent school came about rather fortuitously. A casting call was sent out by the producers of
Naughty But Nice (1927) for her sister
Polly Ann Young. Answering the telephone, the young Gretchen replied that her sister was unavailable and wondered if she herself might substitute. And so she did. It was merely a bit part, but it led to a movie contract and eventual stardom for Loretta Young.
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