g., returning war veterans inThe Best Years of Our Lives (1946),anti-Semitic prejudice inGentleman""s Agreement (1947),treatment of the mentally-ill inThe Snake Pit (1948),and political demagogues inAll The King""s Men (1949)." He phones Senator Foley""s (and the new Senator Smith""s) secretary Saunders (Jean Arthur) [she is rarely called by her first name Clarissa] and tells her that Smith has disappeared." Unable o see, he was surrounded by hordes of questioning reporters and interviewers, but he showed little concern about the fight""s outcome.What is much more important than the basic blackmail-murder plot is the stylish method andprocessof the private detective""s quest, that the viewer identifies with and shares, as he makes his way through the murky world of nasty crime from one oppressive setting o the next, or from one wicked character, fallen woman, orfemme fataleto another, until eventually discovering love with his female protagonist.When she arose from the ground, she had been transformed into mutated, redheaded, predatory, eco-bad dominatrix "Poison Ivy" with a leafy green costume - and her lethal venomous kiss eliminated Dr.