《Battle Hymn (1957)》Storyline
My name is Addison De Witt.My native habitat is the theater.In it, I toil not, neither do I spin.I am a critic and commentator.I am essential to the theater.The narrator, De Witt introduces (in voice-over) a number of other main characters in the ceremony""s audience at the same table, including Karen Richards (Celeste Holm), wife of playwright Lloyd Richards (Hugh Marlowe):She is the wife of a playwright, therefore of the heatre by marriage.After Tom offers Casy a drink, the ex-preacher""s eyes glow as he moralizes about his beliefs:I asked myself, whatisthis here call(ed) Holy Spirit? Maybe that""s love.Horrified by Phelps"" death, Ethan ordered Sarah to "abort" -- she was busy following Golitsyn along the cobblestone promenade next to the river, in the fog, and didn""t answer.The next bus leaves twelve hours later, but she reminds him of her independence: "You needn""t concern yourself about me.