They recognized each other (Lesgate: "I can""t help thinking I""ve seen you before somewhere") - they actually were former Cambridge classmates almost 20 years in the past, when Lesgate was known as Charles Alexander "C.Catching up with the bottle as he falls thousands of feet o the ground, he lands on a giant mattress in a strange mountain cliff-top country (Ruritania), bouncing about a dozen times until he comes to rest.Finally, he loudest sounds erupt when three short-skirted cigarette girls are summoned.The three Russians are rapidly corrupted by Hungarian orchestral music, dancing and more drinks.They drunkenly agree to allow their trusted friend Leon to write a telegram for them to their Russian Commissar Razinin (Bela Lugosi in a rare non-horror film role) in Moscow, a "bad man" who has a reputation for sending people to Siberia:Commissar Razinin, Board of Trade, MoscowUnexpected situation here.Some of us are privileged to know her.We have seen beyond the beauty and artistry hat have made her name resound through the nation." From the reactions of audience members who have been introduced - false smiles, unmoving faces, cynical looks, and unapplauding hands, one senses the sham of the awards ceremony for Eve:We know her humility, her devotion, her loyalty to her art, her love, her deep and abiding love for us, for what we are and what we do, the theater.Terry Malloy is favored and one of the first to be called.From the side, Edie and Father Barry watch, as he tells her: "This is my parish.I don""t know how much I can do, but I""ll never find out unless I come down here and take a good look for myself.