Although the film was nominated for four Academy Awards nominations (without recognition for director Scorsese, screenwriter Paul Schrader, or cinematographer Michael Chapman): Best Picture, Best Actor (Robert De Niro), Best Supporting Actress (Jodie Foster), and Best Original Score (Bernard Herrmann, nominated posthumously -- Herrmann passed away shortly after completing his work in this film) - all were unrewarded.Only he""s coming down with the fever and therefore isn""t quite as valuable."Babs: "I won""t have you talk like that! I never - "Denny: "I know you won""t.The only excuse you have for being here is o help take care of him.Now get in there and give him that quinine and take a little yourself while you""re at it.Give him all the water he wants and more.The china boy will give you whatever else you need."Babs: "You""re not going to leave him? You""re not going out?"Denny: "Yes.I work here.You don""t expect me to sit around and hold his hand, do you?" (She slapped him across the face!) All right.The Snyder-Gray case in the late 1920s prompted the release ofPicture Snatcher (1933)- it starred James Cagney as the daring newspaper photographer who took the taboo picture of a woman dying in the electric chair.A lotta heels!They begin creepin"" up on ya, tryin"" to sell ya something.They get long claws and hey get a stranglehold on ya and ya squirm and ya duck and ya holler and ya try to push ""em away, but you haven""t got a chance.