The Little Tramp resisted having the child taken away by orphanage officials in the film""s highlight scene - a dramatic rooftop chase followed by a tearful reunion.As the threesome of Stan, Katie, and Larry stood together, Jason dropped down in front of them, and with one swipe of his machete decapitated all of them in a triple murder(# 5-7 deaths), as geeky Roy watched in horror.The screenplay by Robert Carson was based on the 1924 novel of the same name by English soldier/author Percival Christopher Wren (1885-1941).The poetic verse is taken fromMiss Kilmansegg: Her Moralby early 19th century writer Thomas Hood.The film opens with an iris-in long shot of the tree-covered mountains of California""s gold country (Placer County), filmed in documentary style.The film comments upon the unruly and foreign nature of the own of Brooklyn with the next title card: "While at the same ime across the river in the UNITED STATES PROPER, there was romance in the air.