In the Princess"" place, he was surprised to find the Big Bad Wolf (dressed in grandmother""s clothing) reclining in bed, readingPork Illustrated." The arrival of Max""s accountant Leopold "Leo" Bloom (Gene Wilder in his first starring role) interrupted his shenanigans with the Old Lady, and Leo was forced to make himself inconspicous in the hallway.She told him: "I want what any princess wants.To live happily ever after, with the ogre I married." With the final chime, they reverted back to being ogres, along with Donkey (Shrek told his pal: "You still look like a noble steed to me.Captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt) also died when searching for the beast in the air vents with a flamethrower...I don""t want you to hang around any more.I don""t want to see you again.Do you understand? You""re something." BackgroundThe Awful Truth(1937) is one of the classic, definitive screwball comedies of the thirties from Columbia Pictures, joining company with other classics including Gregory La Cava""sMy Man Godfrey (1936), George Cukor""sThe Philadelphia Story (1940), and Preston Sturges""The Lady Eve (1941).