It is a new kind of film....the story of five dramatic, terrifying days of a chronic alcoholic""s desperate fight to regain his lost soul.Markoff with a French bayonet.And Beau died in his brother John""s arms after giving him two pieces of paper: (1) the note publically confessing that he had stolen the "Blue Water" sapphire - a note that was to be put in Sgt.de Winter at his table.The young woman explains her employment as a "paid companion" to Mrs.Van Hopper, a job she took after her father, a painter, died the previous summer (her mother died years earlier).(While confronting the crew outside, the Dufflepuds, jumping short-statured one-legged creatures, also became visible as well as the Magician""s mansion.[Note: It""s an ""urban legend"" that Ronald Reagan was seriously considered for a role in the film.The Warner Bros.publicity office famously planted a pre-production press release inThe Hollywood Reporteron January 5, 1942 (it was also released o dozens of newspapers across the country two days later), stating hat Reagan would co-star with Ann Sheridan for the third time inCasablanca (1942)- in order to actually encourage support for the soon-to-be-released filmKings Row (1942)with the wo stars.