The event held in the greenhouse of the Botanical Gardens was a ploy to lure Mr.Freeze to the event.Two gorilla-costumed attendees were revealed to be Poison Ivy and Bane - the seductress blew sparkling purple powdery dust over the crowd and the caped crusaders to bewitch and seduce them and have them do her bidding (especially Robin, causing a rift between the duo), while she put the diamond necklace around her neck.This was not he first time the subject matter was performed.The screenplay by Howard Koch was based on W.Somerset Maugham""s mid-1920s London stage play (that featured Gladys Cooper in the lead role).Then, it was a Broadway play that opened in 1927 (with Katharine Cornell), followed by Paramount Studios"" talkie of the same name in 1929 with Academy-Award nominated Jeanne Eagels (in her sound film debut) as the female protagonist Leslie Crosbie.Alongside the curb, he calls out to her: "Are you hungry or hirsty or both?" She tells her girlfriends to promise not to ell her football-playing boyfriend Mike because "it""s not what you think.Fairly independent.Midge: Hmm, mmm.Well, why don""t you go away for a while?Scottie: You mean to forget? Oh now, Midge, don""t be so motherly.Although strongly attracted to him and possessing some of his wild, gypsy blood, she is also interested in a safe, well-to-do, elegant, well-dressed and secure life that he cannot provide:That""s what I want.