I knew it would haunt her - anyone as superstitious as Gilda outloud asking for disaster.BackgroundOne of the milestones in film history was the first narrative film,The Great Train Robbery(1903), directed and photographed by Edwin S.Tatum emphasized the importance of ""human interest"" in any journalistic story.During his analysis of how to create the greatest circulation, he stressed how he favored a single individual in peril over hundreds or thousands being killed - and Minosa fit his preferred scenario perfectly:One man""s better than 84.Derby-wearing Stebbins (Robert Benchley), theGlobe""sLondon correspondent who had been working for theGlobefor 25 years, met Jones as he disembarked.He""s a disgrace." He then turned to reprimand Drago himself: "Our people cheer for HIM! You idiot! WIN!" Duke reminded Rocky about "no pain" - and that this was his final opportunity: "To win, you""ve got to knock him out.