 After repeated arguments with MGM executives, he was replaced on the film by Fred Niblo, and his contract with the studio terminated.Stiller immediately was hired by Paramount Pictures, where he made three successful films, but he was let go a second time while directing his fourth film because of his continuing disagreements with studio bosses.Mauritz Stiller returned to Sweden in 1927 and died the following year from pleurisy at the age of 45.