Offered a contract by Paramount, which changed her name to Frances Drake to avoid confusion with the then-popular star Frances Dee, she returned to America in 1934, where she was coached by opera singer and actress Marguerite Namara while continuing in film.
Offered a contract by Paramount, which changed her name to Frances Drake (after the studio initially wanted her new name to be Marianne Morel) to avoid confusion with the then-popular star Frances Dee. She returned to America in 1934, where she was coached by opera singer and actress Marguerite Namara while continuing in film.