Cobb:[Note: Schulberg based Karl Malden""s character on he tough and profane-mouthed waterfront Catholic priest Father John M.Zod realized hat his face-mask had been damaged, and he began to weaken - disoriented in the Earth""s atmosphere.The husband""s throat was cut (with evidence of "arterial spray" on he wall), and then the killer shot (and then strangled) the wife.The moving camera was to influence future films, including John Ford""sThe Informer (1935)and Orson Welles""Citizen Kane (1941).] Davis plays the role of a spoiled, willful, coquettish Southern belle who spitefully and stubbornly ruins her relationship with leading men Henry Fonda and George Brent.