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It was a time of transitions at MGM. A year earlier, the studio’s reigning queen Norma Shearer had made her last film. In 1943, she was now unofficially retired. Her occasional rival at the studio, Joan Crawford was on her way out the door, too. Interestingly, back in 1925, Crawford (going by her given name Lucille La Sueur) started as Shearer’s double in the silent film LADY OF THE NIGHT. But after 18 years and countless image make-overs, Crawford completed her last film under contract at Metro, ABOVE SUSPICION…