▁department . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁Rand ▁sold ▁an ▁original ▁screen play , ▁Red ▁Pa wn , ▁to ▁Universal ▁Studios ▁and ▁quit ▁R K O ▁to ▁finish ▁her ▁first ▁novel , ▁We ▁the ▁Living . ▁She ▁wrote ▁the ▁stage ▁play ▁with ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁making ▁money ▁from ▁it ▁while ▁finishing ▁her ▁novel . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁her ▁agent ▁was ▁trying ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁play ▁and ▁the ▁novel , ▁but ▁both ▁were ▁repeatedly ▁rejected . ▁Red ▁Pa wn ▁was ▁sh el ved ▁and ▁Rand ' s ▁contract ▁for ▁re writ es ▁on ▁it ▁exp ired . ▁Rand ' s ▁husband , ▁actor ▁Frank ▁O ' Con nor , ▁was ▁getting ▁only ▁minor ▁roles ▁with ▁little ▁pay , ▁leaving ▁the ▁couple ▁in ▁financial ▁difficulties . ▁With ▁the ▁last ▁of ▁her ▁money ▁from ▁Red ▁Pa wn ▁exha usted , ▁Rand ▁got ▁an ▁offer ▁for ▁her ▁new ▁play ▁from ▁Al ▁Wood s , ▁who ▁had ▁produced ▁The ▁Tri al ▁of ▁Mary ▁D ug an ▁for ▁Broadway . ▁The ▁contract ▁included ▁a ▁condition ▁that ▁Wood s ▁could ▁make ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁script . ▁W ary ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁destroy ▁her ▁vision ▁of ▁the ▁play ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁more ▁conventional ▁drama , ▁Rand ▁turned ▁Wood s ▁down . ▁ ▁So on ▁after ▁she ▁rejected ▁the ▁offer ▁from ▁Wood s , ▁Rand ▁accepted ▁an ▁offer ▁from ▁Wel sh ▁actor ▁E . ▁E . ▁C live ▁to ▁stage ▁the ▁play ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁It ▁first ▁opened ▁at ▁the ▁Hollywood ▁Play house ▁as ▁Woman