The family was surrounded by a colorful procession of friends and relatives, for example, Mama's bullying, overbearing and boisterous older brother Uncle Chris Halverson (Oskar Homolka) - a ranch owner in Ukiah who was partnered with his long-time quiet common-law wife Jessie Brown (Barbara O'Neil), and Marta's three sisters (all Aunts):Aunt Jenny (Hope Landin), bossyAunt Sigrid (Edith Evanson), whinyTrina (Ellen Corby), a wallflower, timid spinster/fiancee, who had plans o marry undertaker Thorkelson (Edgar Bergen, without a dummy)There was also impoverished boarder Mr.Jake and Joey are playfully pictured with their fists raised against each other, mimicking the traditional boxer's stance:That's me and my brother, foolin' around.During the ceremony, when devious Potions Master Professor Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), he Head of Slytherin House, glared at Harry, he felt pain in the scar on his forehead.Why I, I can't understand why..." He is interrupted by an announcement that the sun is setting, and the innkeeper insists: "Come, we must go indoors.