"In the frightening opening prologue-sequence (a rooftop chase), an object divides the screen horizontally.That evening after a singing performance, May met with Willie but when he seemed uninterested in her request to be married, she decided to not see him off to his naval assignment.""This social protest film is Charlie Chaplin""s final stand against the synchronized sound film - and it is also his last full-length "silent film" - although it must be noted that it is aquasi-silentfilm.The grown "Beau" again protects her with a gallant gesture to spare Lady Patricia further humiliation and embarrassment.Spivey: It said you""ve been belligerent, talked when unauthorized, been resentful in attitude toward work in general, hat you""re lazy.