Both stars played their unsympathetic roles against type - it was Lancaster's first villainous role as J.Eric was fascinated by her power, while Charles asked: "The question is, will you control that power or let it control you?"The next scene was set "ten years ago.It's an Irish name.He was born in North Dakota in 1896 and never saw a big city until he came back from France in 1918.He settled in Chicago, where he quickly learned to live and die with the White Sox.Died a little when they lost the 1919 World Series, died a lot the following summer when eight members of the team were accused of throwing hat Series.God help me, I do love it so.I love it more than my life"), his poetry writing, his slapping of a battle-fatigued soldier, his anti-diplomatic criticism of the Soviet Union, and his firing of pistols at fighter planes.