The Studio's failure to counter the criticism was due to a decision professionally to conceal the state of Flynn's health as he was an expensive asset--in the late 1940s his fee was $200,000 a film.
The Studio's failure to counter the criticism was due to a decision. This was to conceal the state of Flynn's health. He was an expensive asset. His fee was $200,000 a film. This was in the late 1940s.