Ollie reassures him that it will be no problem to convince her, never thinking that his own wife won""t give permission for him to go:Ollie: Of course she""ll let you go.The film was a superb re-envisioning of the insightful Nicholas Ray, Eisenhower-Era melodrama about the family,Bigger Than Life (1956)- hat also critiqued the suffocating and claustrophobic conformity of 1950s middle-class life in an earlier era.As Ginny called to the dog, Jason (unmasked and with the machete still embedded in his shoulder) (Warrington Gillette) re-attacked her by bursting through the cabin window and grabbing at her.He is late as usual from basketball practice and must run after the trolley to catch it.She is relieved when he runs after the trolley, catches it and boards - she happily finishes the song on a high note, leading all of her friends in her musical tale of flirtation with a handsome man:I went to lose a jolly, hour on the trolley, and lost my heart insteadWith his light brown derby and his bright green tieHe was quite the handsomest of menI started to yen, then I counted to ten, then I counted to ten again[In a scene filmed but later excised from the final release of the film, Esther and John stroll through and explore the unfinished fairgrounds - John carries her in his arms through one of the muddier sections of the grounds.Alone, our memories resist this disintegration and grow more lovely with the passing years.The Wienie King points to a bird embroidered on her wrap-around robe: "I love birds." He guesses that if she""s he penniless tenant, she "must be broke." The elderly gentleman sympathetically and grimly remembers his own impoverished youth and his passing years, quickly ready to offer charitable support: "I was broke too when I was about your age, but I didn""t have a figure like you""ve got.