Denethor would not obey, distrusting the next rightful heir to kingship, Aragorn, who was aligned with Rohan (Denethor insisted: "The rule of Gondor is mine and no other""s").Blood splatters on the huge portrait of Stalin behind him.Corporal Melvin screams in his sleep and is shocked awake - the nightmare ends and he is comforted by his wife (Mimi Dillard).However, the protagonist is portrayed as a reluctant victim of social and environmental conditions during the time period - as a returning WWI doughboy to a 1918 America of unemployment, he is lured to a corruptible life as a small-time hood after being denied his old job and after taking advantage of poorly-conceived government laws.Marguerite: You didn""t know me tonight.Armand: No, but after you smiled at me, I knew you wouldn""t mind.Marguerite: And now, since you""ve met me?Armand: Now I know that I love you - and have loved you since that first day.