The film opens in the no-man""s land war trenches on he Western Front in France, where three rookie American soldiers meet inauspiciously as they are trapped in a bombed-out foxhole ("rathole").As he was about to be executed by hanging in an open courtyard, Evelyn offered the warden 500 pounds to save his life, although the trap door was opened and he was hanged.She bought out her contract and returned to Broadway after the film and took a role specifically written for her in playwright Philip Barry""sThe Philadelphia Story.A child""s hand opened a 10 cents Action Comics book, and in voice-over read the caption: "In the decade of the 1930s, even the great city of Metropolis was not spared the ravages of the world-wide depression.One problem with the scene - Christina continues to scream on the soundtrack even after her legs stop moving.