He viewed a scale-model replica of "The Palace of the Caliph of Bagdad." The evil Mongol Prince greedily announced his intentions to conquer the Caliph of Bagdad and take over the royal palace - using words similar to the Thief""s philosophy of life ("What I want - I take!"):It shall be mine.Hammond persisted with more enumerations of compliments and further aggressive behavior, finally drunkenly declaring that he was in love with her:Leslie: He tried to take one of my hands.However, he proved his detractors wrong with this and four other Mann westerns.In order to beef up this particular western role, thin and gangly star James Stewart aggressively practiced wielding a lever-action rifle for the shooting scenes.]The pro-war propaganda filmThe Fall of a Nation (1916), writer/director Thomas Dixon Jr.""s follow-up film to D.W.Griffith""sThe Birth of a Nation, is widely considered to be the first film sequel.[Note: It is a lost film that no one alive has seen.] Dixon, whose 1905 bookThe Clansmanwas the source for Griffith""s 1915 film, sought to capitalize on the film""s financial success by writing and publishing a new novel in 1916 titled The Fall of a Nation - he then made it into a film.