The screenplay Oscar went o Stevens"" other filmWoman of the Year.Neither Cary Grant, Ronald Colman, Jean Arthur, or director George Stevens were nominated, although Colman was nominated as Best Actor for another film,Random Harvest.Plot Synopsis1917The film opened with a strange and foreboding prologue.Under a black screen, a voice (a toy salesman) asked: "Want o see it again, little girl? It shouldn""t frighten you," as a young girl cried and clung to her mother""s dress.They both wince during their first physical display of competitive manhood.BackgroundThe Public Enemy(1931) is one of the earliest and best of the gangster films from Warner Bros.A TV priest dressed in a Dracula-like red cape on one of the channels makes another religious reference, rhetorically asking: "Do you think God is dead?" More images flash by: clips from Bette Davis and Al Jolson films, a bleach detergent testimonial and "Jolly Green Giant" ad for creamed corn, an image of violence, and cigar and toothpaste ads.She screams and kicks as he carries her into the treetops.She is terrified of the heights, begging him: "Hold on to me." When one of the giant apes approaches, Tarzan clearly doesn""t understand her words as she screams hysterically: "Oh, he""s coming at me! Oh, don""t let him take me," but Tarzan protects her.