He wants me, he needs me." The earnest young woman Eve, who professes to admire Margo, quickly endears herself to the stage star, earning her a place in the star""s inner circle.[The film""s story was based on a real-life crime in March of 1927 perpetrated by married Queens, NY housewife Ruth (Brown) Snyder and her lover, a 32 year-old corset salesman Judd Gray.I want you to make a lot of friends.And I want you to be real nice o the girls ""cause they""re gonna be real important to you, I swear.Tommy: I""m not afraid of girls.What makes you think that?Emma: Well, you may be later on.Tommy: I doubt it.Teddy: Why don""t you shut up?! Shut up!Tommy: You shut up!Emma: Ted, give me a kiss, come on.(She kisses Teddy) (To Tommy) Tommy, you be sweet.Be sweet.And stop tryin"" to pretend like you hate me.I mean, it""s silly.Tommy: I like you.Emma: OK then, will you listen especially close?Tommy: What?Emma: Listen real hard?Tommy: I said ""what""?!Emma: I know you like me.Its screenplay was written by Jo Swerling, a Ukrainian-born Hollywood screenwriter known for previous hits includingThe Westerner (1940), the remakeBlood and Sand (1941),The Pride of the Yankees (1942), and Hitchcock""sLifeboat (1944).Perplexed that she sleepily responds that she lives "at he Coliseum," he directs the taxi to his own apartment and then realizes that she must spend the night there.