 J. Arthur Rank could only pay a fraction of what a Hollywood studio could pay for the rights, but Caspary didn't want the money; she wanted Igee.Herbert Mayes, editor at "Good Housekeeping" had conceived the idea of "Murder at the Stork Club", and he chose Caspary to write the story.Thus during the nine weeks she was in New York waiting for her passport, "Good Housekeeping" paid all her expenses and all her Stork Club dinners were free.