This film paved the way for Chaplin""s future feature films - he continued to make silent films that extended well beyond the advent of "talkies" (includingThe Gold Rush (1925),City Lights (1931), andModern Times (1936)) until his first full-length sound pictureThe Great Dictator (1940).He told her: "The Bedouin and the Tuaregs believe that Hamunaptra is cursed." Rick discovered his old cowardly "buddy" Beni hiding on deck -- he was guiding the Americans, and was to be paid half up-front, and the balance when they returned to Cairo.Buck: Yes, I""d better, ""cause Pres isn""t gonna like it.Julie: What""s the matter, Buck? Afraid Pres would call you out?Buck: Oh, he""d do that naturally.Can""t say I""d blame him much.Where do I stand, carryin"" his lady?Julie: If I ask you to, isn""t that enough?Buck: Not this time, Miss Julie.Governor A.Harry Moore, the first of three NJ governors, officially refused to extradite himAt the same time, the milestone film received the year""s Best Film honor from the National Board of ReviewNewspapers in Georgia were in an uproar over the endorsement, carried headlines such as YANKEE LIES, and two prison wardens sued Warner Bros.