By the end of the dance, Esther has been gently pushed into John""s arms.In their nightclothes at the foot of the stairs, John discovers ""Tootie"" and Agnes watching the party hosted by their big sisters: "There are mice in the house, two of them.The risk-taking film made use of the multi-plane camera (first used in Disney""s own animated, Oscar-winningSilly Symphoniesshort,The Old Mill (1937)) to create an illusion of depth.It was necessary to make another Freddy movie (with a Hansel and Gretel fairy-tale subtext) to keep the killer""s evil imprisoned within the story.As a result of his knowledge, the Dutch "strongman" was kidnapped after a faked assassination attempt by a secret spy organization, and the film revolved around rying to locate and save the diplomat, who was allegedly the key o maintaining peace in Europe in 1939...That was Warren Sheffield calling long-distance to propose." The only member of the family unaware of the expected phone call is Papa, and he feels like an outsider:Just when was I voted out of this family?When the phone rings a second time, Rose answers and hesitantly (but yelling throughout in order to be heard) speaks to Warren while the entire family hangs on her every word.