Summary

In Chapter 41 Mike Todd walked into Mary Bruce’s dance school puffing on a cigar. Mary Bruce was in her office when she smelled the cigar smoke. She walked towards the studio with her hand on the small pistol she put in her pocket. Mike Todd introduced himself as if she was supposed to know who he was. He correlated his name with the name of one of his more popular Broadway musicals that Mary recognized and praised his work, she relaxed her hand off of the gun.

Mike Todd complimented her studio and mentioned he learned of her from an assistant who saw her dancers at Carnegie Hall. He paused before finally saying that he was bringing his show to the World’s Fair and wanted her dancers to perform in the program. He shared his idea of holding cabarets plus a...