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Line 45: [[Ward Bond]] as Sailor (uncredited) [[Alan Ladd]] as Sailor (uncredited) ==Production background== In November 1936, silent film star [[John Bowers]] heard that his old friend Henry Hathaway was directing Gary Cooper in ''Souls at Sea'' off the shore of [[Santa Catalina]]. On November 17, The 50-year-old actor rented a sixteen-foot sloop and sailed to the island, hoping to land a part in the picture only to learn that it had been cast. Bowers never returned to shore and his body was found on the beach at [[Santa Monica, California]]. Bowers' life and death is identified as inspiration for the character Norman Maine in ''[[A Star Is Born (1937 film)\|A Star Is Born]]'' (1937).<ref name=cut>{{cite book\|last=Brettell\|first=Andrew\|coauthors=King, Noel; Kennedy, Damien; Imwold, Denise\|others=Leonard, Warren Hsu; von Rohr, Heather\|title=Cut!: Hollywood Murders, Accidents, and Other Tragedies\|publisher=Barrons Educational Series\|year=2005\|pages=71\|isbn=0-764-15858-9}}</ref> ==References==