5 ▁c ents ▁for ▁each ▁sound track ▁album ▁sold . ▁ ▁Once ▁Andrew s ▁was ▁on ▁board , ▁W ise ▁bought ▁the ▁rights ▁to ▁both ▁Lawrence ' s ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁aut obi ography ▁A ▁Star ▁Dan ced ▁and ▁her ▁second ▁husband ' s ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁mem oir ▁Ger tr ude ▁Lawrence ▁as ▁Mrs . ▁A . ▁Max ▁Lamb ▁did ▁extensive ▁research , ▁including ▁numerous ▁inter views ▁with ▁people ▁who ▁actually ▁had ▁known ▁Lawrence . ▁It ▁became ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁inter views ▁provided ▁a ▁more ▁accurate ▁account ▁than ▁the ▁ros y ▁picture ▁in ▁the ▁books , ▁so ▁they ▁became ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁the ▁screen play . ▁W ise ▁felt ▁it ▁was ▁important ▁to ▁h ire ▁a ▁British ▁screen writer , ▁and ▁he ▁decided ▁on ▁William ▁Fair child . ▁The ▁contrast ▁of ▁the ▁ros y ▁impression ▁of ▁her ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁books ▁with ▁the ▁less ▁gl am orous ▁real ▁story ▁from ▁the ▁inter views ▁found ▁its ▁way ▁into ▁the ▁script , ▁which ▁initially ▁had ▁an ▁animated ▁Lawrence ▁telling ▁the ▁story ▁while ▁the ▁live ▁version ▁played ▁out ▁what ▁( more ▁or ▁less ) ▁really ▁happened . ▁Event ually , ▁Fair child ▁suggested ▁Lawrence ' s ▁story ▁be ▁told ▁in ▁( color ) ▁flash back ▁while ▁she ▁watched ▁a ▁( black - and - white ) ▁document ary ▁about ▁her ▁life , ▁thus ▁allowing ▁the ▁real ▁Lawrence ▁in ▁a ▁screen ing ▁room ▁set ▁to ▁comment ▁on ▁the ▁ver acity ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁Lawrence ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁within ▁the ▁film . ▁