..There will be nowhere to hide.We dare you to try." Lots of scenes were obviously set-ups for 3-D effects (a passed joint in the van, the yo-yo and juggling scenes, the rattlesnake strike, the pitchfork, the spear-gun arrow, the machete, popcorn popping, a red-hot fire poker, a gouged eyeball popping out, a thrown carving knife, a flying duck, etc.This results in conflict between devotion to his family and his deep love for worldly jazz music.Inside Muller's bar-cafe, young Jakie prefers singing popular songs of the day, and is introduced by the piano player: "Ragtime Jakie is with us - give him a break.It was well known that Chaplin preferred the silent art form to the advent of sound films.Chaplin was responsible for he film's production, direction, editing, music, and screenplay (although assisted by Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, and Albert Austin).Plot SynopsisThe legendary Egyptian Queen of the Nile princess/seductress, Cleopatra (Claudette Colbert) becomes the Queen and ruler of Egypt by her manipulative, wily, and seductive ways with the Roman men in her life:Julius Caesar (Warren William) (who is assassinated)Marc Antony (Henry Wilcoxon)This kitsch film is well-known for three scenes:In its infamous barge scene on a set with silky draperies, falling rose petals, and dancing girls, Cleopatra is reclining on a massive dias aboard her mammoth floating bordello on the sea.Framed in the foreground, Hammer stares off into blank space somewhere off-camera, and avoids the questionners as they bait him and answer all their own inquiries.