The Stoneman brothers (Phil and Tod) depart to join their regiment and fight for the Union.The Southern town of Piedmont is jubilant after early victories at Bull Run, holding a military ball in the Cameron Hall living room: "After the first battle of Bull Run, Piedmont""s farewell ball on the eve of the departure of its quota of troops for the front.While the film""s credits play, a romantic tenor""s voice sings the suggestive, sickly-sweet words of the title song in the musical opening:Most any place can seem to be a paradiseWhile you embrace, just the one that you adoreThere needn""t be an apple tree with magic powersYou need no garden filled with flowersTo taste the thrill of sweet greed hoursGentle perfume and cushions that are silk and softTwo in the gloom that is silent but for sighsThat""s paradise while arms entwine and lips are kissingBut if there""s something missing, that signifiesTrouble in paradiseThe "trouble in paradise" - soon to be revealed - is embodied in the form of two masquerading, international jewel hief-swindlers/crooks (and former lovers) who practice their deceptive occupation among the upper-class elite of European society from Venice o Paris - the two foreign locales in which the film is set.Although the PG-13 film received critical acclaim, some of its action-oriented, relentless violence and sexual innuendo-filled dialogue also received backlash and criticism by parental groups:the Penguin""s leering at a pretty mayoral campaign worker - "I""d like to fill her void.However, Tina was the ultimate victim when Myers was resurrected and brutally knifed her in he chest with a butcher knife(# 8 death), as she defended Jamie.The mysterious letter reads:You must have faith in me, Elizabeth.Wait, my work must come first, even before you.At night the winds howl in the mountains.There is no one here.Prying eyes can""t peer into my secret...I am living in an abandoned old watchtower close to the own of Goldstadt.Only my assistant is here to help me with my experiments.She explains that Henry told her about his strange experiments at a significant time - just before they became engaged and he retreated to his mountain laboratory away from her:The very day we announced our engagement, he told me of his experiments.