He then addressed the crew on their maiden voyage with his own orders -- "a game of chess against our old adversary, the American Navy." In the meeting, Preston expresses his belief that the expansion of Northern railroad lines and rail freight shipments are bypassing the South:.As originally shown, the film opened with a series of tableaux of the birth of Christ Nativity sequence and the coming of the Magi.After sharing an accustomed first dance with her brother, she exaggeratedly and loudly compliments him to make an impression, play-acting: "It""s wonderful and a mystery as where you ever learned to do it.