He says Moss Hart suggested he write a commercial comedy instead along the lines of Junior Miss.
Brooklyn USA (1941), the comedy Junior Miss (1942), and See My Lawyer (1939) were some of his best roles.
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Lawless competed at Miss Arizona as Miss Maricopa and had previously held the title of New York's Junior Miss 1996.