Rogers wanted to play Annie and famously said "I would have done the part for one dollar if someone had asked me."

Rogers dropped out after being cast by director Howard Hawks and Stanwyck ran away with the part and the movie.

Rogers was the first choice to play this role in the early 1940's, but when it was made in the early 1950's she was no longer age appropriate.

Rogers was offered the role of Catherine Sloper.

Turned down master director Howard Hawks' offer of the role of snappy, hard-bitten reporter "Hildy Johnson."

Ginger Rogers was asked to play the part of Mary, the wife of George Bailey, but turned it down because the part was so small.

Rogers wanted to show she was a serious actress and even did a screen test for John Ford, but she was declined for the part of Elizabeth I. Interestingly, a year later she and Katharine Hepburn would make a movie together, Stage Door.

Rogers was to be cast in this role, but was considered to be too big of a star for the ingenue role.

Ginger Rogers was offered the role of Charlotte Vale, but Warner's star Davis heard this and then she was cast.

Rogers was set to star as a gangster's widow out for revenge.

Rogers was offered the role of Josephine Norris.

Graham Greene wanted to cast Ginger Rogers as Augusta.

When Judy Garland got fired, Rogers hated the script, so she turned down the chance to play Broadway legend and monster "Helen Lawson."

Considered for the role of "Jane Hudson".