The actors and the dozens of technicians and craftspeople needed for the movie had spent the first six weeks shooting as many scenes as possible in a big studio in Los Angeles. And now they were in San Francisco, doing location shots, and then it would be on to Sonoma where the bulk of the filming would take place. They would be using Dorothea's sprawling mansion and the surrounding vineyards, shooting in the very same house that Richard Heller had brought his bride to some sixty-odd years ago.They were all driven relentlessly by Jake, who was the director as well as the producer and male lead of Devil's Lady. Somehow it did not at all surprise Desi to find that out. She had already half known it. He wanted everything perfect, everything exactly right and that meant, to him, doing it himself. Or as much of it himself as he could.Jake had put up almost everything he owned to be able to make this picture—his reputation, his money, his talent—and there were people out there who were just waiting for the chance to pounce on his first mistake.
