12017-12-09T09:31:47-08:00Will Ruth Elder Screen?8plain2017-12-12T13:56:37-08:00Even in newspaper reports from the day she arrived back in the United States, there was talk of Elder receiving film contracts to become an actress. It was rumored that she was immediately offered $200,000-$250,000 contracts, and indeed, went straight to Hollywood to accept. Becoming an actress worked to bring her pop culture stardom into "official" stardom if you will, and kept her name in the press long after her flight.
