Mrs.Vale: Go to your cabin.(Charlotte, in voice-over) I had said I was glad, and I was glad.He had defied my mother and placed me on a throne - and before a witness too.It was the proudest moment of my life.My moment didn""t last long, as you can see.My mother didn""t think hat Leslie was suitable for a Vale of Boston.The film returns to the present, as the pages of the book flip forward.Charlotte (with her back to the camera) wrings her hands in front of a window where rain strikes the panes, speaking of her entire aborted life:What man is suitable, doctor? She""s never found one.I""m having a few people in afterwards.Do come along and bring Mr.Lermontov with you." Palmer shared the note with Lermontov and added about the contessa: "She""s a great patron of the arts.] She sat in the balcony, with popcorn and a drink in her lap.Suddenly, he projected old black and white film on the screen changed - he camera zoomed back from a jukebox, now located in a rundown, dilapidated version of the Crave Inn, forgotten and crumbling with umbleweeds blowing by.2 million (domestically), from a budget of only $35 million.Comic book fans sent thousands (50,000) of letters o Warner Bros.to protest Michael Keaton""s casting as Batman.Jack Nicholson, portraying the Batman""s arch-enemy he Joker in Tim Burton""s comic-book blockbuster, took a stake in he film""s profits (and merchandising).