The studio was a launching pad for new stars (Preston Foster in "Sensation Hunters", Randolph Scott in "Broken Dreams", Ginger Rogers in "The Thirteenth Guest", Lionel Atwill in "The Sphinx", Alan Ladd in "Her First Romance", Robert Mitchum in "When Strangers Marry". The studio was also a haven for established stars whose careers had stalled: Edmund Lowe in "Klondike Fury", John Boles in "Road to Happiness", Ricardo Cortez in "I Killed That Man", Simone Simon in "Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore", Kay Francis and Bruce Cabot in "Divorce".