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Los Angeles Times Saturday, September 5, 1925
Something in a Name at That Cognomen of Actress Discarded -- Lucile Le Sueur Will Now be Known to Film Fans as Joan Crawford --
[Note: Spelling of "Lucile Le Sueur" is just as it appeared in article.] The metamorphosis of Lucile Le Sueur, motion picture actress, into Joan Crawford, motion picture actress, was announced yesterday by Harry Rapf at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Miss Le Sueur’s new screen name was selected by a conference of studio officials. The old name, it was said, was considered too difficult. Very few knew how to spell it and even fewer how to pronounce it, and it was felt it was an obstacle to her success. Miss Le Sueur, under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, just finished a picture in which she played opposite Jackie Coogan, having been loaned for the purpose. [Thanks to Norman for this article.] |