Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

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Joan Evans and Farley Granger are young lovers in "Roseanna McCoy." AFTER testing many of Hollywood's stars and starlets without success' Producer Samuel Coldwyn decided on a nationwide search for an unknown to play the title role in his "Roseanna McCoy," romantic story of the famous HatfieldMcCoy feud. Although the part is that of a girl born and bred in the hills of Kentucky, it was a teenager from New York City, oddly enough, finally selected by Goldwyn, She's Joan Evans and when you see her in "Roseanna McCoy" she's so thoroughly convincing and appealing you'll never believe she even saw the great metropolis. Joan's so good, Goldwyn immediately gave her a long-term contract. Screenlan Joan Evans is the most promising new young actress to appear during 1949. Joan and Aline MacMahon, as her mother, in the new Goldwyn classic.