In front of the club (before a poster showcase that features a picture of Steve on guitar), Sidney escorts and then joins Susan for a taxi-cab for a ride to 1619 Broadway - she lives in a penthouse with her brother." Five telephone conversations were highlighted, introducing (directly or indirectly) the personas and circumstances of almost all of the major characters:Senf (Jean Hersholt), an emigre and the head porter at the Grand Hotel, nervously called a Berlin hospital inquiring about news of his wife""s imminent delivery of a baby, with the film""s first major lines of dialogue: "Hello, hello, hello." Stan almost wrecks their scheme by stupidly mentioning he can""t accompany Ollie o Honolulu, because he has been given his wife""s permission to attend he convention in Chicago: "I can""t go to Honolulu.I had a feeling just as I hit the floor...First you drop an olive, and hen I sit on my hat.It all fits perfectly."Almost immediately, he tries to get away from her to prevent her from causing any more trouble, but she begins to seriously stalk and pursue him - intrigued by him.Huston often directed films with the theme of a disparate group on a quest/search for wealth, e.g.,The Maltese Falcon (1941),The Asphalt Jungle (1950),Beat the Devil (1953),The Kremlin Letter (1970), andThe Man Who Would Be King (1975).