《Undertow (1930)》Storyline
Chaplin""s film was re-released in 1942 with added sound narration and music, both spoken and composed/arranged by Chaplin.Bannion: We don""t talk about those things in this house, do we? No, it""s too elegant, too respectable.They make their escape to the locomotive at the front of the train.After the bandits have disappeared, the passengers rush to assist the wounded man on he ground.Scene 7: The bandits board the locomotive and leave the scene of the holdup:The bandits board the locomotive with large bags of valuables.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).Think of the power to create a man - and I did it.I did it! I created a man, and who knows, in time, I could have trained him to do my will.I could have bred a race.I might even have found the secret of eternal life.Elizabeth: Henry, don""t say those things.Don""tthinkthem! It""s blasphemous and wicked.We are notmeantto know those hings.Henry: It may be that I""mintendedto know the secret of life.It may be part of the Divine Plan.Elizabeth: No, no! It""s theDevilthat prompts you.It""s death, not life, that is in it all and at the end of it all.During Elizabeth""s admonishments about meddling in God""s affairs, she experiences a bizarre fit (she imagines an apparition hat has come to claim Henry) that reduces her to hysterical tears:Elizabeth: Listen Henry, while you""ve been lying here, tossing in your delirium, I couldn""t sleep.