In its own way, the film satirizes stuffy upper-class manners while glorifying in them and providing wish-fulfillment for mid-30""s audiences, as painfully demonstrated in the conclusion of Woody Allen""sThe Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), as a dejected, bereft Cecilia (Mia Farrow) watched the famous "Cheek o Cheek" song-and-dance number from this film, and her face slowly transformed into one of rapt joy - despite being jobless, having been abandoned by a man she left her true love for, and having an abusive, unfaithful spouse.His sister-in-law, Martha greets him: "Welcome home, Ethan." Then, he kisses Martha on the forehead - she closes her eyes during the reverential kiss.[It is obvious that they have an unspoken, deep and unfulfilled mutual love for each other, although it has long been suppressed and only hinted at.Suddenly the words fade into silence.A cloud comes into her eyes and they go blank.She""s somewhere else, away from me, someone I don""t know.I call her, she doesn""t even hear me.Then, with a long sigh, she""s back.Looks at me brightly, doesn""t even know she""s been away, can""t tell me where or when.Scottie: How often does this happen?Elster: More and more in the past few weeks.And she wanders - God knows where she wanders.I followed her one day, watched her coming out of the apartment, someone I didn""t know.She even walked a different way.Got into her car and drove off to Golden Gate Park.Five miles.Sat by the lake, staring across the water at the pillars that stand on the far shore.You know, Portals of the Past.Sat there a long ime without moving.I had to leave, get back to the office.When I got home that evening, I asked her what she""d done all day.She said she""d driven out to Golden Gate Park and sat by the lake, that""s all.Scottie: Well.(Getting up.)Elster: The speedometer on her car showed that she""d driven ninety-four miles.Where did she go? I""ve got to know, Scottie, where she goes and what she does before I get involved with doctors." He continued: "I just want to show the whole world that Russia doesn""t have all the best athletes." He went further when Drago hesitated to respond to a question: "The man""s tongue didn""t come through customs.The film is remarkably faithful to the incredible true-life, autobiographical misfortunes and experiences of Burns:In mid-1919 after returning from the warfront, an idealistic, down-on-his-luck WWI veteran (Burns) found only low-paying jobs, and his previous job (paying $50/week) had been filled.