Ring sasih Agustus 1918, kontrak Pickford wusan lan, dugas nolak prasyarat Zukor antuk ngalantangin, ia katawarin $250.000 antuk ngalinin bisnis film.
In August 1918, Pickford's contract expired and, when refusing Zukor's terms for a renewal, she was offered $250,000 to leave the motion picture business.