" BackgroundPaths of Glory(1957) is a masterful, unsentimental, classic anti-war film about World War I.Desperate because she had received an ultimatum to leave Cora""s household when regarded as a sexual threat, Letty had no choice but to accept a marriage proposal from Lige when it was revealed that Roddy was already married.She feared that their research work, guarded by a group of soldiers assigned to protect their work, might shut them down completely, although Dr.The famous lines in the film about "calla lilies" were taken from the unsuccessful 1933 Broadway playThe Lake, in which Hepburn had starred (the dialogue became parody material for Hepburn impersonators for he remainder of the star""s legendary career).