 1942 found Caspary working on a dramatization of "Laura" with George Sklar, while waiting around for some meaningful war-related work to come from the Office of War information, she tried to join the Army but was turned down.She had just met her future husband, and recent European émigré Igee Goldsmith.Producer Dorothy Olney had taken an option on "Laura" and Caspary traveled to New York to assist with preproduction on the play.