He tried to be a good son and thought he""d be rewarded").However, Yashida was destined to leave everything to his granddaughter Mariko.Yukio added: "If Mariko got all that power, she would dump his ass." Once the will was revealed, Mariko would never go through with the wedding o Noburo, who had a back-stabbing deal with Shingen - Noburo had been hired to "put a hit" on Mariko to have her killed (before the will was to be read).Cukor had already made four films with Hepburn:A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Hepburn""s first filmLittle Women (1933)Sylvia Scarlett (1936)Holiday (1938)Hepburn""s astute strategy revived her failing popularity and film career in the role of an arrogant heiress (the public""s perception of her at the time) who is humbled, and the film became a major box-office success." In Margo""s backstage dressing room, Karen is envious of Margo""s theatrical success: "You""re talented, famous, wealthy, people waiting around night after night, just to see you, even in the wind and the rain.The film was advertised with the brooding face of one of the young German recruits sent into World War I.