 Katharine Hepburn (qv) was supposed to star in the original  Broadway play of Stage Door, but producer Leland Hayward (qv),  supposedly jealous of her deepening friendship with  John Ford (I) (qv), gave Margaret Sullavan (qv) the role.  Hayward later married Sullavan. Sullavan was supposed to star in the  film version but was pregnant with their first child.