He had experienced a series of mediocre post-war flops, including RKO""s romantic comedyMagic Town (1947), the musical comedy anthologyOn Our Merry Way (1948)from UA, another romantic comedyYou Gotta Stay Happy (1948)from Universal,and MGM""s melodramatic-adventure filmMalaya (1949).Patton, Jr.(George C.Scott) was featured in the opening scene before the backdrop of a huge American flag.He was addressing Allied US troops of the Third Army (off-screen) in a memorable, brilliant pep-talk monologue to raise morale just before they were deployed overseas at the start of WWII.Prudence bullies her way into opera box A with Marguerite and displaces Olympe (Lenore Ulric), so that hey can be in an advantageous, pre-arranged spot to be met by the Baron, rather than in their own Box B.After gesturing for the alien to come out of the closet, it emerges wearing his robe.Elliott introduces himself:Do you talk, you know, talk? Me human.Boy.Elliott.Ell-i-ott.Elliott.In a profoundly simple scene, Elliott uses objects in his bedroom to introduce his ""alien"" world and culture to the creature, a world of materialism and violence.