The recipient would be announced after an oral exam-interview.Peter was stunned by the abrupt announcement, but before the two could really discuss it, Peter sensed something occurring in the direction of Times Square.When Admiral Robertson returned to the bridge, he kneeled over Carlson""s body, when his throat was slit from behind with a machete(# 7 death).This was not he first time the subject matter was performed.The screenplay by Howard Koch was based on W.Somerset Maugham""s mid-1920s London stage play (that featured Gladys Cooper in the lead role).Then, it was a Broadway play that opened in 1927 (with Katharine Cornell), followed by Paramount Studios"" talkie of the same name in 1929 with Academy-Award nominated Jeanne Eagels (in her sound film debut) as the female protagonist Leslie Crosbie." He quickly confronts them with their snobbishness and refuses to ""naturally"" help subsidize their annual deficit: "Excuse me, gentlemen, there""s nothing natural about that.