In the early days of cinema, live mini-musical ""prologues"" were often presented on stage in the larger movie houses (a carry-over from vaudeville days) - full-scale productions with costumes and scenery and thematic content related to the feature film.The bizarre film honored (and gently spoofed) horror B-movies and science fiction genres of the past (includingDoctor X (1932), RKO Pictures""King Kong (1933), The Invisible Man (1933),The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951),Forbidden Planet (1956),The Wizard of Oz (1939),theHerculesfilms, The Day of the Triffids (1963), the classic "atomic age" sci-fi horror of the ""50s, such asIt Came From Outer Space (1953), and, of course,Frankenstein (1931)).Ethan (as Davian) was poised there to enter through a vent, with Gormley to assist.When the real Davian went to the men""s room to clean his shirt, he saw his double behind him.Ethan forced him at gunpoint to read a few sentences of text, to capture his voice imprint for the voice-changing disguiser device taped to his neck.He is prompted to deliver these words after a female Salvation Army worker (Mary Adams Hayes) asks for donations, and one of the customers rejects her: "Religion don""t belong in any speakeasy.