Before the party, Dr.Sloper politely congratulates his daughter on her new "sumptuous, opulent" cherry-red gown she acquired for the party: "You look as if you had $80,000 a year.However, they also faced environmental challenges, including incessant rain, mud in a deep clay pit or ditch (into which they jumped to avoid detection), and swollen rushing rivers.He stops in front of a large billboard sign to admire an advertisement for his most recent movie (The Bank Dick (1940), produced for Universal, not Esoteric).The entire 96 minute cult film (with very sparse dialogue) had the same formula as various Japanese samurai classics, the 50s westernShane (1953), the 'adult' John Wayne westernHondo (1953),The Magnificent Seven (1960), L.The rest of the film is a flashback - a look back at he middle-aged man's life to try to understand why he is reciting lines in his dressing room.