While conducting their work, Caesar""s new-born baby son Cornelius approached and bonded with Ellie and Alexander - his first contact with humans.There are many opposing and conflicting forces being balanced: the individual vs.the power of big business, the populist little people in the peaceful country vs.the chaotic metropolitan city, good vs.evil, and innocent idealism vs.hardened cynicism.A "Cinderella" romance subplot involves a deceitful, hard-edged, and sardonic female newspaper reporter who falls in love with the newly-rich, guileless fortune inheritor while getting an "inside story" and making fun of him in her newspaper.I""ve been all over.My feet are killing me.A fine thing, promising he kid."Instead of following his boss"" advice, Kris told Peter""s frantic mother to shop elsewhere if they couldn""t find what they wanted at Macy""s: "You can get those fire engines at Schoenfeld""s on Lexington Avenue.]The first part of the film sets up the action for the remainder of the film - both the main character and the audience have no idea where the ambiguous predicament of the hero might lead.The Russian emissaries in the film are portrayed as comedic, stereotypical caricatures who actually take a liking to the capitalistic system.