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and depicted the story of a man's marriage trials and tribulations between his first and second wives. The film cost $ 130,000 to produce and made $ 1,000,000. This was Cowan's first film that she wrote under director Cecil B. DeMille. At the time she was making only $ 25 a week, which was eventually
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Cowan was married two times, with both marriages resulting in divorce. Her first marriage was to
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raised to $ 60 per week. At first, DeMille dismissed her as a “failed writer” and believed her to be not capable of success. However, after the success of this film, and the many others she worked on with DeMille, she became one of his top writers and highest-paid staff members.
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