However, 1939 was a banner year for great films, so its sole award went to Lewis R.Foster for his original story - originally a novel titledThe Gentleman from Montana.In 1940, Stewart was awarded the Best Actor Oscar for his lesser role inThe Philadelphia Story (1940), often considered a consolation prize for his loss in this year.Somethin""s happened...They""re all gone or dead." Thinking hat his folks are dead because no one is there in the semi-haunted farmhouse, Tom fears the worst." Edmund taunted the screeching serpent before it was smashed into the rocks.Meanwhile, the wounded Dragon crash-landed on a sandy island beach on Ramandu""s Island, where Aslan approached, roared, and turned the Dragon back into young Eustace.It was also shot in sequence, so that E.T.""s departure scene at its conclusion would contain genuine emotion.Spielberg was working simultaneously on these two suburban-based stories:E.T.(as director) andPoltergeist (1982)(as producer) - but while one was a fantasy story, he other was a nightmarish horror story.I wouldn""t let anybody ride him around.I wouldn""t care if she""s your wife or who she is.Bick, I""d see she rides a more gentle animal if I was you.She""s gonna fall off and break her neck.Out on the range, Bick introduced Leslie to Old Polo (Alexander Scourby), the head ""vaquero"" who had been with the family for generations, "since Grandpa Benedict""s time.