(Crawford won the Best Actress award for that film.) After "Mildred Pierce", Blyth sustained a broken back while tobogganing in Snow Valley, and was not able to fully capitalize on the film's success. She recovered and made two films for Mark Hellinger's unit at Universal: "Swell Guy" (1946), with Sonny Tufts, and "Brute Force" (1947) with Burt Lancaster. During this time her father died. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer borrowed her to play the female lead in "Killer McCoy" (1947), a boxing film with Mickey Rooney that was a box office hit. Back at Universal she did a film noir with Charles Boyer and Jessica Tandy, "A Woman's Vengeance" (1948), affecting a convincing British accent. She was then cast in the part of Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's "Another Part of the Forest" (1948), an adaptation of the 1946 play where Regina had been played by Patricia Neal. The play was a prequel to "The Little Foxes". Blyth followed it with "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" (1948) with William Powell. She was top billed in "Red Canyon" (1949), a Western with Howard Duff. Paramount borrowed Blyth to play the female lead in "Top o' the Morning" (1949), a daughter of Barry Fitzgerald who is romanced by Bing Crosby. It was the first time she sang on screen. Back at Universal she was teamed with Robert Montgomery in "Once More, My Darling" (1949), meaning she had to drop out of "Desert Legion". She did a comedy with Robert Cummings, "Free for All" (1949). In April 1949, Universal suspended her for refusing a lead role in "Abandoned" (1949). Gale Storm played it. Sam Goldwyn borrowed her to star opposite Farley Granger in "Our Very Own" (1950). Universal gave her top billing in a romantic comedy, "Katie Did It" (1951). Blyth was borrowed by MGM for "The Great Caruso" (1951) opposite Mario Lanza which was a massive box office hit. She made "Thunder on the Hill" (1951) with Claudette Colbert and had the female lead in "The Golden Horde" (1951) with David Farrar.  20th Century Fox borrowed her to star opposite Tyrone Power in "I'll Never Forget You" (1952), a last minute replacement for Constance Smith.