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Rejected Roles of 1944

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1944. Where does this sort of trivia come from? Movie fans from around the world submit this trivia to us from TV interviews, books, magazine articles, DVD commentary, and other Hollywood and entertainment sources around the Internet.

Featured 1944 Trivia:

Rosalind Russell in Laura?
According to her 1976 autobiography, Rosalind Russell was offered the title role in this film noir classic. She turned it down because her character arrived on screen well into the picture.

See who turned down these 1944 films:

- Arsenic and Old Lace (2)
- A Canterbury Tale (1)
- Dark Waters (1)
- Double Indemnity (4)
- Dragon Seed (3)
- Gaslight (2)
- The Heavenly Body (1)
- I'll Be Seeing You (1)
- Jane Eyre (2)
- The Keys of the Kingdom (2)
- Laura (5)
- Madame Curie (3)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1)
- Mr. Skeffington (2)
- Mrs. Parkington (1)
- To Have and Have Not (2)

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