The Big Sleep (1946 film) war. Bacall's agent, Charles K. Feldman, asked that portions of the film be re-shot to capitalize on their chemistry and counteract the negative press Bacall had received for her 1945 performance in "Confidential Agent" which was released prior to "The Big Sleep" even though produced after it. Producer Jack L. Warner agreed, and new scenes for "The Big Sleep", such as the sexually suggestive racehorse dialogue, were added (scripted by an uncredited Julius Epstein). The re-shot ending featured Peggy Knudsen as Mona Mars because Pat Clark, the originally cast actress, was unavailable. Furthermore, the parts of James Flavin and Thomas
Joan Barry (British actress) marrying for the second time. They had two children. One of them, Edward Henry Tiarks, died when he was only six months old in 1943. The other, Henrietta Joan Tiarks, married Robin Russell, the Marquess of Tavistock, who eventually became the 14th Duke of Bedford. She is now Henrietta, Dowager Duchess of Bedford. Joan Barry was the Godmother of James Macintyre Boyd. Joan Barry (British actress) Joan Barry, born Ina Florence Marshman Bell (5 November 1903 - 10 April 1989) was an English stage and film actress, whose career straddled the development of talkies. She was a daughter of Francis