 When Tully Marshall (qv) dribbled tobacco juice on  Gloria Swanson (qv)s hand during the wedding sequence and  explained that director Erich von Stroheim (qv) ordered him to do  it, it was the final straw. She called Joseph P. Kennedy (qv) and  demanded that Erich von Stroheim (qv) be fired, and he was,  effectively shutting down the production.