The riders pass the Justice of the Peace""s window (the town""s courtroom), where the societal ritual of marriage is in preparation." [The old friend is architect/engineer Hjalmar Poelzig who is introduced shortly.] While she sleeps with her head bowed, he gently touches her hair, and then explains to an annoyed Peter that she reminds him of his lost wife:I beg your indulgence my friend.It was adapted for the screen by director Billy Wilder and detective novelist Raymond Chandler (who was best known for his character Philip Marlowe, played by Dick Powell inMurder, My Sweet (1944), Humphrey Bogart inThe Big Sleep (1946), and Robert Montgomery inLady in the Lake (1946), among others).But He that hath the steerage of my course direct my sail.Act I, Scene 5:As a jovial host, Lord Capulet meets and welcomes the entering guests and the masked Montagues.Behind the lights, faces watch from the darkness, ready to laugh or scream in terror."The excerpt was a description of the prologue of he preceding film.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)Writer/director Wes Craven""s post-modern reconceptualized film was the seventh in the series, but not following the continuity of the previous five films.