William Fox arrived in Atlantic City very soon.
Born in 1879, the 41-year-old William Fox now sported a small beard, rendering his appearance somewhat scholarly.
But the business he was about to conduct was anything but scholarly!
Upon meeting Donnie, his opening remark was that the production cost for each documentary would be 150,000 US Dollars!
"Mr. Fox, as far as I know, the production cost for a low-budget film is only around 110,000 US Dollars, and besides, my film doesn't even require hiring Hollywood actors. All you need to do is record the appearances of those beautiful girls, and you're asking me for 150,000 US Dollars in production costs?"
Now Donnie was solely responsible for the production costs of the Miss America documentary, and naturally, he couldn't accept William Fox's proposed costs.
Confidently smiling in response to Donnie's refusal, William Fox said,
