 The final scene depicted a reunited Joyce and David at the breakfast table, with the woman engaging in her familiar social-climbing talk.It was clear she was still an overly ambitious wife determined to dominate her husband and steer his career path.RKO executive Howard Hughes, unhappy with the ending and the title, called the director and the two leads into the studio only two days before the film was scheduled to open at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and had them shoot his revision to the script, which he had rechristened "Payment on Demand".