《》Storyline
Five learned men/explorers make up their minds to go with him.The female assistants/manservants bring traveling suits for them to change into.The five men (according to the narration, they are named Nostadamus, Alcofrisbas, Omega, Micromegas and Parafaragamus) who accompany the president arrive at the interior of a workshop (signaled by a dissolve) where smiths, mechanics, weighers, carpenters, upholsterers and inventors construct the projectile rocket ship for the mission.He also told her that his parents"" bank account was now $120 grand larger, and that he was accused of being a mole in the 2-year employ of an arms dealer named "Max," to acquire the NOC list.The film""s main themes were the violating penetration of the wind, a woman""s innate fear of assaultive and corruptible men (symbolized by the aggressive and violent wind in nature), the metaphor of the fantasized image of a stampeding, wild white stallion tied to the cruel norther"" wind, and the vanquishing of feminine fears leading to ultimate freedom.One of the era""s earliest actresses, Marie Dressler (originally in vaudeville), after a comeback Oscar-winning role inMin and Bill (1930), performed her most quintessential career-ending, next-to-last role here as a fading stage star - she died shortly afterwards from cancer at the age of 65 in 1934.