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During supper, Aaron""s adopted son, part-Cherokee (one-eighth) Martin "Marty" Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter), an orphan saved years earlier by Ethan from an Indian slaughter and raised by the family, rides a horse bareback (Indian-style), leaps off his horse, and bursts into the doorway [another framed doorway motif, linking the two characters who both rode toward an open door for their entrance] to meet Ethan, his uncle.I took a doll-faced hick.Hildy: Well, you wouldn""t take me if I hadn""t been doll-faced...Walter: Listen.I made a great reporter out of you, Hildy.But you won""t be half as good on any other paper and you know it.We""re a eam.That""s what we are.You need me and I need you, and the paper needs both of us.Hildy (overlapping with his words, she pretends she is an auctioneer for Lucky Strike cigarettes): Sold American! Listen, Walter, the paper""s gonna have to get along without me.In the living room is a grandfather clock identical o the one in Lydecker""s place, and a stunning oil portrait of Laura, he ""murdered"" title character.First Fred Astaire, then Ginger Rogers.After they swirl toward the camera, the picture then dissolves to a shot of a black top hat, over which the remaining credits are superimposed.If, indeed, you have resided here, you have no legal right o remain.You""ll have to move out by, let""s say, noon tomorrow.There were a number of ads or excerpts from TV shows during the lawyers"" entire visit:a TV commercial for Anheuser Busch Natural Light Beer at a bar ("You can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay")"Maybe there""s another gum machine someplace?"a comedic discussion on a sit-com about the safety of an airline ("Madam, we""re very proud of our safety record.