" In the continual dance of cigarettes and match-lighting between Slim and Morgan, Slim strikes a match during the heated discussion and lights his cigarette for him.[Cain""sfirstinfamous novel was a 1934 best-seller hat was also staged in 1936 and made into a film in both 1946 and 1981 - Tay Garnett""sThe Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)with John Garfield and Lana Turner, and Bob Rafelson""sThe Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange.Audiences were wildly enthusiastic when America""s favorite jazz singer and superstar Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson in 1886, not the first choice for the role, and played onstage by George Jessel) broke into song, ad-libbed extemporaneously with his mother at the piano, and proclaimed he famous line to introduce a musical number:Wait a minute, wait a minute.]The film""s sole Academy Award nomination was for Nora Ephron""s Best Original Screenplay - written directly for the screen - it lost to Tom Schulman""s script for director Peter Weir""sDead Poets Society.After only a few minutes at the tombstone after they placed their cross of flowers on the gravesite, Johnny was restless and impatient with Barbra, who was taking time to ritualistically pray - to keep the dead one""s memory alive.