Savage instead made a screen test with Columbia Pictures - after playing Lorna in a Reinhardt acting showcase of Odet's Golden Boy"[REF] - and was offered a contract [REF].
Although Columbia typically groomed its girls in the mould of Rita Hayworth, Savage's look echoed Ann Sheridan, although her customary blonde locks were reddened for Footlight Glamour (1943) "so that the star, Penny Singleton, would be the only blonde on screen."[REF]