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Linda Darnell: Forever Amber
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In 1947, Darnell won the starring role in the highly anticipated movie Forever Amber, based on a bestselling historical novel that was denounced as immoral at that time. The character Amber in the novel was so called because of her hair color, and this is the only major film in which Darnell — normally known for her raven hair and somewhat Latin looks — appears as a blonde. Publicity at the time compared the novel Forever Amber to Gone with the Wind. The search for the actress to portray Amber, a beauty who uses men to make her fortune in 17th-century England, was modeled on the extensive process that led to the casting of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. But the film did not live up to its hype.
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Darnell lit up the screens with over 50 films including The Mark of Zorro,Anne and the King of Siam (where one character was burned at the stake) and Forever Amber in which she portrayed a survivor of the great London Fire. Darnell supposedly had a lifelong fear of dying in a fire.
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Darnell wanted to play this role and was supposed to do so, but had already started making Forever Amber and had to give up the role of Catana. She was very upset by this.
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