This doesn""t belong to you," but he was soon overpowered by the winged creature and knocked backward into the truck""s roof opening.With cinematographer John Mescall, Whale expertly created a haunting mood in the film, bringing the influence of German Expressionism into its stylistic imagery and sets and into the performance of the Monster""s Bride (Elsa Lanchester) with her jerky robotic movements.Pazzi met the temporarily-appointed new curator, named "Dr.Fell" - Hannibal Lecter!, wearing a Panama hat.There was no farewell or suicide-note, accounting for the past curator""s disappearance.Starling received a letter (sent through a re-mailing service in Las Vegas), with the envelope addressed to "Clarice" - sealed with red wax.The picture""s main tagline described its epic scale:A picture of proud people.A love story.A cavalcade - A conflict of creeds - A personal drama of strong longings -- A big story of big things and big feelings.At one point, the exhilarating chase near LAX airport was against one-way traffic (similar to a scene inTo Live and Die in LA (1985)), and into a freeway construction zone.