00:00A Stolen Life marked Glenn Ford's return to moviemaking after serving in the Marine Corps
00:05during World War II. As I mentioned before the film, Warner Brothers studio chief Jack Warner
00:10initially didn't want Ford because he didn't want to pay the loan out fee to Ford's new home
00:15studio, Columbia Pictures. But when Warner saw Ford's screen test, a test arranged by Betty
00:21Davis without Warner's knowledge, Warner had to admit Glenn Ford was perfect for this role.
00:27Then, once Harry Cohn saw footage of Ford in A Stolen Life, he realized Ford was perfect for a
00:34film Columbia had in development that needed a leading man to star opposite that studio's top
00:39actress, Rita Hayworth. The film was Gilda, which actually came to theaters before A Stolen Life
00:46and cemented Glenn Ford's status as a major leading man in Hollywood. Ford was always grateful to
00:54Bette Davis for giving him the step up in his career. Years later, as Davis's career was on the
01:00decline, Ford gave her a showy role in one of his films, A Pocket Full of Miracles, which happened
01:06to be the last film directed by Frank Capra. Coming up, our night of evil twin movies continues with a
01:12cult horror film from 1943 about twin brothers, one who returns from the dead. Dead Man Walk is next
01:20on Turner Classic Movies. Next on TCM, Dead Man Walk. Then, Nichols and May, Take Two. And later,
01:31other men's women. TCM lives wife in the fast lane today.
