[Note: During filming, Chaplin was in the midst of a difficult divorce from his first wife, teenaged bride Mildred Harris, a 17 year-old whom the 29 year-old Chaplin married in 1918.]Tatum""s outrageous musings were a portent of his desire for drama, sensationalism, disaster and personal gain - during the manipulation of news-stories:Herbie: You know, this could be a pretty good story, Chuck.General Zod levitated and then ""walked on water"" from the center of the lake to join his compatriots on land.[Note: The music is similar to Ernest Gold""s adaptation of the classic work for the similar B-horror flickThe Screaming Skull (1958)- wo years later, Gold won the Best Score Academy Award forExodus (1960).The moonlight, the swampy marshes, and the surface of the lake all capture the astonishing play of the light.