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THE SIGN OF THE BOSS 175 a 90/10 split. I then offered to perform the service without charge rather than accept so small a share. He rejected this as unthinkable, and agreed to the fifty-fifty arrangement. At this point, he called in Miss Rosson, whose ad- vice on day-to-day matters guided him almost entirely in later years. She felt that a clause should be added to cover kwsuits that might result from the articles. Acquiescing, the boss pen- ciled in a provision whereby my share of the proceeds would be used to satisfy legal judgments. Miss Rosson was openly critical of this unilateral approach, so finally it was agreed that, if we were sued, all proceeds from the articles would be put into a fund for settlement of court judgments. We left unan- swered the question as to who would pay the balance of judg- ments when the fund was exhausted. DeMille was indefatigable in his march toward conquest by contract, and would sacrifice a key actor if he felt he was being pushed. Unhappily, casting brought him into contact with agents. If such an estate were possible, DeMille would have assigned player agents to a category several degrees below the low esteem in which he held newspaper critics. He viewed them as cuckolds misrepresenting their clients for vulgar gain, a subject which the producer could discuss coolly only with difficulty. At one time he was considering a young English actress, Deborah Kerr, for a leading role in Unconquered. Though notably successful in her own country, Miss Kerr was new then to Hollywood, a factor that would seem to have an important bearing on the asking price. Much maneuvering for position preceded Mr. DeMille's first conference with Miss Kerr's agent. He suggested with more than an inference that the actress's career in America would be greatly accelerated by her appear- ance in a DeMille picture, perhaps even to the extent of stardom overnight.