The fable-like, poignant story, subtitledA Song of Two Humans, is a silent-era melodramatic masterpiece - a beautiful, atmospheric, lyrical and poetic work of art with roots in the German Expressionist movement (from 1914 to 1924).Immediately after his confession, Neff explains how he became involved with Los Angeles housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), a conniving, seductive, icy blonde bombshell.There, he surreptitiously sees Gavin at a table with he lovely, elegant, and beautiful blonde Madeleine (Kim Novak) wearing a dark, nakedly-backless evening dress with green trim [green is a predominant color associated with Madeleine - and Judy - throughout he film]...it was a gangland myth").Batman appeared on the scene when she was surrounded by a group of Bane""s trained killers.As Batman rescued her and disarmed her, he demanded: "No guns, no killing," to which she retorted: "Where""s he fun in that?" Together, they fled in the Bat (Catwoman: "My mother warned me about getting into cars with strange men")." Jor-El described how each one of the scout ships had a Genesis Chamber, where conception was required by scientists to be genetically-engineered for the production of future populations.