Deputy Bloch attempted to escape with a rope ladder extended from the second floor window, as Michael burst through he door.[The Arthur Freed unit at MGM Studios was well known for its production of other wonderful films:Singin"" in the Rain (1952)that re-invented the musical in the 1950s, and Minnelli""s ownMeet Me in St." He prepared to subdue all of Grissom""s men by ""greasing"" them and by intimidation, to take over his empire, and he fried oily gangster Antoine "Tony" Rotelli (Edwin Craig) with a concealed electrified hand-shake buzzer after being challenged.Suddenly, a black messenger raven returned.[Earlier, Thórin had sent a message about his plight to his relatives using talking messenger Ravens that lived on the Lonely Mountain...The men must all be very old, the women warm, the champagne cold.Spaulding arrives right on cue, wearing an explorer""s pith helmet and boots to provide a ""faked"" sense of expeditionary authenticity.