Two current, long-time prisoners, one of whom is handsome American Navy sailor "Commander" Shears (William Holden), are digging graves to bury comrades." Shrek had bargained away his own day of birth, a day from his past that he couldn""t remember, and as Stiltskin reminded him: "Since you were never born, once this day comes to an end, so will you.[Mariachi band music provides soft background ambience.] The scraggly-looking bum, an unkempt, dirty, unshaven and ragged scrounger [later identified as Fred C.)The film""s ""play-within-a-film"" was produced and staged at the Playhouse Theatre located at 137 West 48th Street in midtown Manhattan, and turned out to be the playhouse""s final production.