Dickie Moore

Cecil B. DeMille was not one of my favorites to work with. He was upset because I was insolent to him on the set of The Squaw Man (1931). Apparently I had made some smart aleck remark I was just a little boy. Mr. DeMille raised his riding crop to strike me and my welfare worker and teacher interceded and told him she'd close down his set. She grabbed me and I didn't go back to work till the next day. I felt guilty because I knew that time cost money. Back then, I think the young kids were protected more by their teachers, than by their parents. I know that I was. The parents were so very fearful. Many of our families really depended on our paychecks. It was the Depression and to offend the director, especially at that time, was an act of economic suicide.