He solicits and demands the community""s support: "There""s a time to talk and there""s a time to act.I think the time to act is right now, and with your support, I not only will win, but I will do all of the things I promise.Selznick also wrote the screenplay for director John Cromwell""s epic, three-hour work, based upon Margaret Buell Wilder""s 1943 novel: "Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife" - composed of a collection of letters from homefront wife Wilder to her overseas husband while he was away at war.Evil (Mike Myers) (modeled after Blofeld in theJames Bondfilms), first seen stroking a white furry cat (named Mr.You don""t hink much of that, do you?In contrast to her unappealing pursuits, his "racket" is similarly "awful": "brain surgery, a large practice, about ten days off every summer.