As Challis returned to his motel room, he was confronted by a drunken, disgruntled homeless townsperson named Starker (Jon Terry), who warned him about Cochran""s spying and rumors swirling about the factory, and bad-mouthed the factory owner.She heard the car""s door slam, assuming the occupant was a rich millionaire.She offered him a flower, a boutonniere.His first reaction was a flirtatious one (before he learned she was blind).He was smitten by her and gave her his last coin for the single flower for his buttonhole.[Note: According toGuinness World Records, this sequence took 342 takes to make - the most retakes for one scene.Because of his successful pairing with Stanwyck, Fonda went on to co-star with her in director Wesley Ruggles"" lesser romantic comedyYou Belong to Me (1941).Capra had originally wanted MGM stars Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy to play the lead roles, but ended up, surprisingly, with top MGM star Gable ""on-loan"" (as punishment for refusing a role opposite Joan Crawford) from the studio.