[Previous Cukor films that were similar as period dramas includedLittle Women (1933),David Copperfield (1935), andCamille (1936).Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The setting was 10 years in the aftermath following he events of the previous film, in the year 2026.The apartment is decorated with a few green houseplants - its walls are a lurid pink color.Other colors are rich dark crimson reds and dirty browns.Another knock at the door causes Dorothy to comment: "Grand Central Station," but it isnotSandy.A man dressed in a yellow sports coat (a suspicious looking man later called ""The Yellow Man"" who wears a Yellow Jacket - a veiled reference to a dangerous flying insect - Fred Pickler) stands there for a moment and eyes him suspiciously.Kinkaid didn""t have six months to decide if he wanted to die.A posse, more like a self-appointed "lawless lynching mob" with blind hatred, soon forms under the leadership of "Butch" Mapes and stern-faced Major Tetley (Frank Conroy), a pompous, power-hungry, vocal ex-Confederate officer wearing his rebel hat and uniform (who lives in a white-columned mansion at the end of the main street).