Likewise, Rosalind Russell's role as the ace news-reporter to her ex-husband and ex-managing editor, who is wooed back from marrying a staid, dull, but devoted insurance salesman named Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), is her greatest comedic portrayal, following her similar role inThe Women (1939)." He broke into the display case and used wire cutters to cut the clips holding the hair in place.In Lacy'sDaily Planetoffice where she perched on her desk in a provocative fashion, she summoned Clark and asked him to write a new series of columns called: "Metropolis After Hours," and then seductively flattered him: "You're young, you're single, you're successful.We're losing power across the grid.Has the outage hit you yet?As he asked about the power outage, the lights go out in the Neary household." He was bluntly told office positions would be impossible due to job competition, and that he was more suited to return to fighting, yet Rocky dryly replied: "Were you ever punched in the face 500 times a night? It stings after a while, you know.)starring Simone Signoret.The film's heme of play-acting and/or remaking a woman by male domination was also echoed in Greek legend, and in George Bernard Shaw'sPygmalion(andMy Fair Lady (1964)).