After switching to a pre-recorded taped show, Dave left the studio and raced to the house.At the same time in Tobie""s house, Evelyn had tied her up as a hostage and terrorized her in he dark with a long pair of scissors, threatening to cut her hair:Careful, I might put your eye out.Although to him it was a metaphor for the decay of contemporary culture.How hard it was to exist in a society desensitized by drugs, loud music, television, crime, garbage..."" Too angry.I don""t wanna be angry.two elderly women, bundled in winter coats near a sidewalk fruit standa billboard sign for Peter Pan Cleaners and a Schlitz beer advertisement (in Italian, translated, "If you have no Schlitz, You Have No Taste.The new baby Jacob emerged from the pile of clothes - Alice picked up the infant and cradled him in her arms.For both its major stars, however, the film urned out to be advantageous - it was contract player Merle Oberon""s best work in her entire film career, and it established Laurence Olivier as a dashing, leading international film actor (he was nominated as Best Actor for his role).Thematically, it provides an insightful diatribe against crafty, aspiring, glib, autonomous female thespians who seek success and ambition at any cost without regard to scruples or feelings.