When he emerged, she slammed on the brakes, propelling him through the windshield and onto the ground.When she""s not looking, they place a frog in her pocket.At the dinner table that evening in the formal dining room, Maria is again victimized by another of the childrens"" antics - she sits on a rough-edged pine cone placed on her chair.Blood splatters on the huge portrait of Stalin behind him.Corporal Melvin screams in his sleep and is shocked awake - the nightmare ends and he is comforted by his wife (Mimi Dillard).Three months - and you leave from Penn Station." The swiftly-compliant cabbie doesn""t even hesitate to take her to Penn Station for free ("Oh sure.Hop in, babe").When her suitcase opens and spills her possessions at her husband""s feet, she leaves without moneyorclothing.As a result of increased publicity for the parade due to the film, national TV coverage began for the parade in 1948, and it became a major national American institution.