The epic was one of Warner Bros."" highest-grossing releases up until then, but blown away by the studio""s super-hitThe Exorcist (1973)(at $193 million domestic).Shaw""s plot in his 1912 play was derived from Latin poet Ovid""s story (in theMetamorphoses) about a character named Pygmalion who fell in love with a beautiful ivory statue of a woman.After he sat down next to her and shined up an apple (to remove the dust) before presenting it to her, hey introduced themselves to each other:My name""s Wirt Roddy - I trade cattle up and down this line - -My name""s Letty Mason - I""ve come all the way from Virginia -More views of the framed train window showed the incessant wind driving sand and dust against the outer glass, obscuring he view, and piling up on the window sill."" He""s all suspicious.Where was Sunday? Where had I left Sunday? And I told him, and he didn""t believe me.Harry: What?Sally: They don""t make Sunday.Harry: Why not?Sally: (matter-of-factly) Because of God.After Sally has finished figuring out her portion of he bill and tip that she will pay, by using a calculator, Harry just stares at her and flirtatiously remarks how attractive she is:Harry: (smiling) You""re a very attractive person.He feared that the Dwarf""s quest would be fraught with danger, since time was running out (they had only until "the last days of autumn"), the land was crawling with the detestable Orcs, and their path would lead them into the dark Mirkwood Forest inhabited by "dangerous" Wood Elves.