During the deputy oath, Ethan walks into the scene from the background.Clayton greets "the prodigal brother" and wonders about Ethan""s whereabouts following the Civil War and the South""s surrender three years earlier.Its screenplay was written by Jo Swerling, a Ukrainian-born Hollywood screenwriter known for previous hits includingThe Westerner (1940), the remakeBlood and Sand (1941),The Pride of the Yankees (1942), and Hitchcock""sLifeboat (1944).Dain Ironfoot was delighted and encouraged by Thorin""s charge and shouted out: "To the King!" From Dale, Gandalf and Bilbo also noticed the resurgence with fresh resolve: "The Dwarves.The French government has recognized Soviet Russia and he doubts that hey will risk a war for my poor sake.As he stands in the rain and watches her go, his bewildered and stunned look changes, and a smile grows wide on his face.