Best Movies of 1951

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Rejected Roles of 1951

Click below to see which actors turned down roles in the best movies of 1951. 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 1951 Trivia:

Gloria Swanson in Darling, How Could You??
Swanson turned down this adaptation of James M. Barrie's "Alice Sit-by-the-Fire," saying "I couldn't possibly play the mother of a teenage girl." At the time, Swanson was already a grandmother.

See who turned down these 1951 films:

- The African Queen (4)
- Along The Great Divide (1)
- An American in Paris (3)
- Anne of the Indies (1)
- Darling, How Could You? (1)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2)
- I'd Climb The Highest Mountain (1)
- Lady Godiva Rides Again (1)
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1)
- Little Egypt (1)
- Lullaby of Broadway (1)
- No Highway (1)
- People Will Talk (1)
- A Place in the Sun (7)
- Quo Vadis (3)
- Royal Wedding (3)
- Show Boat (5)
- Strangers on a Train (1)
- Strictly Dishonorable (1)

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