 Another theory was that a nervous Mansfield decided to smoke a cigarette in the car to calm her nerves and accidentally ignited the dress with a dropped match or a cigarette.Mansfield's mother, Harriett Ehrlich, dismissed this theory as she said smoking made her daughter "uncomfortable".When the "Warrens of Virginia" was finally released in late 1924, Mansfield's role had been edited down, and Rosemary Hill was promoted as the female lead.