In front of her co-worker, he volunteers to work for her, flattering her ego:Betsy: And why do you feel that you have to volunteer o me?Travis: (smiling slightly) Because I think that you are the most beautiful woman I""ve ever seen.It was Selznick""s first assignment at MGM after leaving RKO Studios, and he was responsible for selecting Cukor as the director.It is the apocalyptic story of a northern California coastal town filled with an onslaught of seemingly unexplained, arbitrary and chaotic attacks of ordinary birds - not birds of prey.A 4:30 pm appointment had already been scheduled that same afternoon between Dr.Cukrowicz and Mrs.Venable in her luxurious, Byzantine mansion-estate in the French Quarter - their meeting was considered to be "a matter of some urgency.