Sternwood: I enjoyed your drink as much as you did, sir.On his way out, he tells the butler Norris that his normal fees are $25 dollars a day plus expenses.Marlowe is not pleased hat Norris has informed Vivian Sternwood Rutledge (Lauren Bacall), he General""s other daughter, about his identity:Norris: Are you attempting to tell me my duties, sir?Marlowe: No, just having fun trying to guess what they are.All of the family members sacrificed their future plans during the war effort: Anne took a job as a shipyard factory welder, Jane postponed college to become a nurse""s aid in a military hospital, and everyone pitched in to raise money at an airplane hangar dance.It is one of the finest and most distinctive musical film sequences ever made, opening and closing with "Born in a Trunk.Werdegast""s weakness.He is the unfortunate victim of one of the commoner phobias, but in an extreme form.He has an intense and all-consuminghorrorof cats.Extraordinary camera work adds a sinister element to he next sexually suggestive scene.As Joan gives a passionate kiss o her husband in the background, the focus is adjusted onto the foreground, where Poelzig""s hand reaches and grasps tightly onto he arm of a reclining nude figurine.