..among those pre-eminent in the field expected o attend are Hal Lipsett and Harry Caul from San Francisco.And Hitchcock also chose Oscar-winning Eva Marie Saint as the blonde heroine (to he studio""s and Grant""s surprise) - one of many such female characters in his film repertoire.An inter-title for the slapstick comedy (and soap-opera earjerker) stated that it was "a picture with a smile - and perhaps, a tear," and many argued that the film was Chaplin""s most personal and autobiographical work.The robot was non-vocal, but could understand commands.Gort was a prototypicalTerminatorandRobocopcharacter and similar to the Tin Woodsman inThe Wizard of Oz (1939).