" Catherine had chosen he dress because she thought her mother wore one like it.But then her father compares her unfavorably to his deceased wife - alleged o have more brilliance and beauty: "Your mother was fair." Cal disruptively and deliberately knocked over a few large blocks of ice as he heard them passionately vow their love for each other.I""m sure it doesn""t.Don""t worry so, Paula.Don""t worry."Later that evening, while Gregory is presumably practicing he piano and composing in a rented apartment nearby, Paula insists o Nancy that the gaslights dim in her bedroom: "That""s odd," but her maid claims that she didn""t turn the gas up in another room: "I never touched it.The public was abandoning live stage performances for the movies: "You can""t give the public what they don""t want.