Has Pickford arrived?
Although Donnie didn't know why she would co at this ti, he had no illusions that after just one eting, she would decide to leave her husband and spend a romantic night with him.
No matter what he thought, Donnie still had the butler invite Pickford in.
"Donnie, I'm sorry for disturbing you so late!"
When Pickford saw Donnie, she apologized.
"It's okay, Mary, if you're visiting at this ti, I assu there must be sothing important, right?"
Donnie didn't dwell on why she had co so late but instead imdiately asked her reason for doing so.
Pickford sat on the sofa in the courtyard, the night wind on her face. She gathered her hair and then said,
"Donnie, after listening to what you said, I've been thinking about a question. Is it possible to establish a won's actors' union in Hollywood as well?
You may not know this, but the status of female actors in Hollywood is very poor. To put it bluntly, they are essentially the vases of a movie.
However, in reality, the work that won actors put in is no less than that of male actors, yet the disparity in their pay is five tis, ten tis bigger!"
Good Lord, is the ideological battle starting already?
Donnie said, "Mary, your idea is good, but I believe now is not the ti to undertake this matter!"
After receiving Donnie's reply, Pickford looked at him sowhat disappointedly: "I didn't expect you to have the sa view as Doug!"
The reason for Pickford's visit was actually quite simple. After leaving here, Pickford began discussing with Douglas whether they could establish a won's actors' union while the three major unions were being ford!
However, Douglas outright rejected Pickford's proposal.
Because of this, the two had an argunt.
Pickford thought of the Miss Arica's principles Donnie previously promoted, and since the concept of the three major unions was also proposed by him, she believed that Donnie would accept her idea.
Yet now, although Donnie's response was slightly different from that of Douglas, the result was the sa, as both of them denied the establishnt of a won's actors' union.
Donnie didn't want any events outside his control to happen at this ti, so he said,
"Mary, I'm not dismissing the importance of establishing a won's actors' union. However, at this point, what's most important for us is the formation of the three major unions, and won actors are actually part of the actors' union.
If we were to establish a separate won's actors' union now, it would create confusion over priorities and issues within our managent and, furthermore, increase costs!"
"But the establishnt of a won's actors union could indeed bring more benefits to the female actors of Hollywood. Your Miss Aricas will also beco actresses in the future. Don't you want to see their interests being infringed upon?"
Simply put, Donnie's Starry Entertainnt was still just a talent agency and didn't involve itself in movie investnts. So in Pickford's view, increasing female actors' benefits was essentially increasing Starry Entertainnt's inco.
Pickford couldn't see the reason why Donnie wouldn't support her.
"Of course, I would mind. In fact, Mary, I am even more concerned about won's rights than you might think. In Atlantic City, I am the biggest donor to the WCTU, and I have also created hundreds of job positions for won. I have even started a fraternal aid association there, and now I am helping Miss South Brenton establish a won's rights protection association.
These are my contributions to Arican won!"
Pickford's eyes lit up, and she asked excitedly, "Is the WRPA sothing you helped establish?"
The Won's Rights Protection Association, known as WRPA in the United States, saw Keira Sandton and others follow Donnie to Los Angeles, while other Miss Aricas were at that mont giving speeches nationwide with South Brenton.
Although Pickford had only been back in the United States for a short ti, she was already aware of this.
Donnie nodded: "That's right. So, Mary, trust , I've never given up on protecting won, but many things can't just be done imdiately whenever we wish. There's a need for a gradual approach.
Think about it, if we haven't even settled the actors' union matters and we start rushing to set up a won's actors' union, then when it cos to who goes first and how resources are allocated, and even whether the won's actors' union demands conflict with the actors' union demands—all these issues need our consideration.
If any aspect of this isn't handled properly, it could lead to the failure of our entire plan.
At that point, forget a won's actors' union—the actors' union itself might end up a pipedream!"
Because of the WRPA matter, Pickford's doubts about Donnie were gone, and now she was willing to trust his words.
"All right, Donnie, it seems I was a bit too simplistic in my thoughts before. Sorry to have disturbed you so late!"
Donnie smiled: "It's fine, we just beca friends, didn't we? It's only right for friends to trouble each other occasionally!"
Pickford stood up: "Then I won't disturb your rest anymore, Donnie. I should go and get so rest too!"
Donnie also stood up and said, "It's not gentlemanly to let a girl drive ho alone late at night. Wait a mont, Mary, I'll take you!"
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