June 10, 1944

HOLLYWOOD, June 9 — There has been so much talk that Joan Fontaine would take her troubles to court and ask to have her David Selznick contract canceled that I did a little investigating. I talked to David Selznick and learned he met with her agent, a Jules Stein representative, on Thursday and offered to set up a trust fund in addition to her salary. Because of the wage stabilization law, it is impossible to give an increase in money.

Interestingly enough, Parsons mentions a Billy Wilder-Charles Brackett project at Paramount titled “Olympe.” It’s hard to picture that as a working title for “Double Indemnity”  (released in August 1944) or “Lost Weekend.” Imdb and The Times clips are most unhelpful. Anyone in the Brain Trust have more information on this intriguing project?

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.