Jessica Walter convincingly played the part of a mad, assertive, and unpredictable female who insistently insinuated herself - with passionate jealousy, violence and rage - into the life of a womanizing man who was finally making plans to settle down domestically with his old girlfriend.Tell me.Is it?Penny: Kind of sounds like it.Mabel: Well, that""s a load off my mind.I""m never sure these days.Inside the studio, Mabel offers Lucky a free trial dance lesson as enticement to enroll in a full $45 training course, "to see if the prospective student has any real aptitude.Popular matinee idol Ray Milland, cast against type, won the Best Actor award for his greatest career role as the hopelessly-obsessed drunkard, and the film also captured the Best Picture Oscar, defeating nominees including Hitchcock""sSpellboundand Leo McCarey""sThe Bells of St.The drunken Bannister is aided onto the yacht by some of the crew, as Elsa looks deeply into Michael""s eyes:Elsa: I wasn""t sure you""d come.