Wyler""s well-crafted, stylish films that cover a wide range of film genres (family dramas, westerns, epics, romantic comedies, and even one musical) always included down-to-earth characters in real-life situations.One floor below, Dale snuggles back to sleep in her bed.The sand dance is quite effective - Dale and Horton both fall asleep.Jerry winds up yawning and collapsing into a chair himself.The next day, courting Dale Tremont, he purchases most of the flowers in the hotel flower shop and sends them to her - with a card reading: "From yoursilentadmirer.The scene was punctuated with the crashing of a distracted dove into a castle wall.They were greeted with audible gasps, as Shrek asked Fiona: "So, you still think this was a good idea?...is that you, darling?""better let it ring""If a woman answers...hang on for dear life!""Murder calling in 3-D!" (various 3-D re-releases)Hitchcock was known for many other sequences in his films involving knives, scissors, blades and other sharp implements (often ending up in someone""s back or body), such as inBlackmail (1929),The 39 Steps (1935),Sabotage (1936),Spellbound (1945),The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956),North by Northwest (1959),Psycho (1960), andTorn Curtain (1966), but the stabbing sequence in this film was arguably the most famous - or at the least a close second oPsycho (1960).[Lancaster was one of the first film actors to become an independent film producer.] Homage was given o this film by one of the characters in Barry Levinson""sDiner (1982), who quotes liberally from the rich dialogue.