The company was founded by optometrist Dr. Reuben Greenspoon in 1951 and his first work in the film industry were Debra Paget's contact lenses for the western Broken Arrow (1950). Due to problems with her contact lenses during filming of the thriller Wait Until Dark in 1967, Audrey Hepburn was mainly responsible for a new policy which required a contact lens technician on set of every production lenses are involved. [1]