She considered the biggest scoop of her career to be the divorce of Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford, then the most famous couple in Hollywood. Parsons had learnt of the split from Pickford herself, who had made the mistake of counting on the columnist's discretion. Parsons sat on the story for six weeks hoping that they would reconcile and concerned that the news might damage the film industry, but published once she heard that the "Los Angeles Times" had also got the story.