Hopper calls party Boss/media magnate Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold), to receive instructions on the choice of a successor (Hopper reveals in his conversation that his strings are pulled by the ruthless Taylor - he is Taylor""s yes-man).Her mother prompts: "O - m - m - e - l - e - t," but Tracy admits: "I thought there was another ""l""." Tracy""s younger, winkly-eyed, teenage sister Dinah (Virginia Weidler) holds up a glittering gift in front of herself and becomes judgmental, offending her mother greatly:Dinah: This stinks.Norma is deluded into believing that she will have a great comeback on the big screen ("a return o the millions of people who have never forgiven me for deserting he screen") playing the lead in her own rough draft of a screenplay itled "Salome" - "a very important picture...These humans are the end product of nuclear radiation.They""re mutant and they""re mad." Later that night, Cornelius chased after his pet squirrel into some trees, where he overheard General Aldo conspiring with a group of growling gorillas to plot a violent military coup: "Without guns, we have no power.