Following the Great Depression and a tight crackdown on morality, MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer insisted Haines leave his lover and publicly marry a woman. He refused and was fired. His relationship with longtime lover Jimmie Shields lasted 50 years.
Following the Great Depression and a tight crackdown on morality, MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer insisted Haines leave his lover and publicly marry a woman. He refused and was fired. His relationship with longtime lover Jimmie Shields lasted 50 years.