Stylistically, the film, in various places, resembles the German expressionist films of F.W.Murnau and Fritz Lang, although it also uses fluid and natural camera movements.King Vidor received an Academy Award nomination as Best Director, and the film itself was nominated as Best Unique and Artistic Picture in a short-lived award category, where it was defeated by Fox""s and F.I""ll make a queen of that barbarous wretch."The unwashed Cockney girl is led into a fancy new bedroom, while a maid runs water into a bathtub in the adjoining bathroom.I brought here clear from Boston.I paid her expenses and all, and I""ve got a contract that represents an investment of capital.Little Bill: Property.Skinny: Damaged property, like if I was to hamstring one of their cow ponies.Little Bill: Are you figurin"" nobody will want to f--k her now, right?Skinny: Hell no, least ways, they won""t pay to do it." Sister Margaretta (Anna Lee) defends Maria: "After all, the wool of a black sheep is just as warm." Sister Berthe (Portia Nelson), the Mistress of Novices, is uncertain of the future of the independent-minded, spirited nun-in training: "We are not talking about sheep, black or white, Sister Margaretta.