An avowed bachelor ("the guy who wrote the bachelor""s bible finally getting hooked himself"), he is with lovely girl-next-door Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane), a minister""s daughter.It won the Best Picture Oscar in the year of its release - its only nomination.Only two other times has the film named Best Picture failed to win any other awards:Broadway Melody (1928/9)andMutiny On the Bounty (1935).Wonderful - who obviously had better things to do." As he handed her a hairbrush, he stumbled over the bear-rug and his hand plunged into the flames of the fireplace.She responds: "Captain Spaulding.You stand before me as one of the bravest men of all time." So he agrees to stand before her: "All right, I""ll do that." She continues to compliment him on his bravery and celebrity, but he ungratefully sneers back at her: "Sez you," and faints at the sight of a caterpillar on his lapel.I""ve heard that old men wake up and scratch itchy legs that have been dust for over 50 years.That was me.I""d wake up at night with the smell of the ball park in my nose, with the cool of the grass on my feet, the thrill of the grass.