The House That Shadows Built (1928)

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EXIT MARY PICKFORD 257 the American public for fresh, girlish innocence. A divorce story, rightly handled, could hurt her a lot. And Zukor’s a ruthless fighter.” Angry though he was with Zukor, Schulberg kept his sense of justice. “He’s a fighter, all right,” he replied, “the toughest that is. But there’s one thing he’ll never do — bring up a personal issue, especially against Mary Pickford. You can bet your bottom dollar on that. Don’t I know him ? ” Still, the galaxy hesitated. If Zukor wouldn’t do such a thing, some other rival might. Then someone had the idea which resolved the situation. Just after the Armistice, Douglas Fairbanks had formed a pleasant acquaintance with William A. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury. The Wilson administration was falling to pieces. McAdoo, Lane, and most of the other Cabinet officials were looking round for positions in private life. The President’s son-in-law, the arbiter of American business during the war, already a contender for the Democratic nomination — McAdoo’s name would lend impregnable respectability. At a salary of ^100,000 a year, he became chief counsel for United Artists. And now, the galaxy signed up; went ahead. Only, as McAdoo analyzed the new organization he put his finger on a weak spot. “The stars own their business and take all the profits clear to the box office — that’s the idea, isn’t it?” he asked. “Very well. Now here, right in the middle, you’re