 but he also knew how to rattle studio bosses who were more concerned with accusations of being un-American than his anti-Semitic attacks.A combination of Eisenstein's cinematic vision, which clashed with Paramount's, and the negative publicity led to the director's departure.In December 1931, Pease was in Paris, France, where he reported to police that he was drugged in a cafe and robbed of $1,000.