Top cast:Francis X. Bushman,Lily Branscombe,Bryant Washburn
Director:Jeff Nichols
Genre:Crime
Region:India
Year:2008
Storyline:The family was surrounded by a colorful procession of friends and relatives, for example, Mama""s bullying, overbearing and boisterous older brother Uncle Chris Halverson (Oskar Homolka) - a ranch owner in Ukiah who was partnered with his long-time quiet common-law wife Jessie Brown (Barbara O""Neil), and Marta""s three sisters (all Aunts):Aunt Jenny (Hope Landin), bossyAunt Sigrid (Edith Evanson), whinyTrina (Ellen Corby), a wallflower, timid spinster/fiancee, who had plans o marry undertaker Thorkelson (Edgar Bergen, without a dummy)There was also impoverished boarder Mr....What""s he matter? Do you think I live under a rock or something? Your creeps have no compunction about phoning my house, giving me orders, talking to my wife like she was a.]Melies wrote the whimsical script, acted in the film in the lead role, designed the sets and costumes, directed, photographed, and produced the film! He hired acrobats from the Folies Bergere o play the lunar inhabitants named Selenites, and the scantily dressed assistants (or pages) who launched the cannon were dancers from the Châtelet ballet.(Stern mechanically raises his glass slightly)Stern: Is that all?Schindler: I""m trying to thank you.I""m saying I couldn""t have done his without you.The usual thing would be to acknowledge my gratitude.It would also, by the way, be the courteous thing.Stern: (in a hollow tone) You""re welcome.(Schindler finishes both drinks)Schindler""s girlfriend, Victoria Klonowska (Malgoscha Gebel), wearing his silk robe covering her slip, answers the door of his apartment early one morning.The message is handed to Bannion to read (along with the film audience):ATTENTION - HOMICIDE DIV.- KENPORT POLICEUNIDENTIFIED WOMAN FOUND DEAD 6.26 AM OFF COUNTY PARKWAY.THROWN FROM CAR AFTER BEATING AND TORTURE.DRESS AND SHOES LABELED LAKESIDE FASHION SHOP.[This portion of the message catches Bannion""s eye - it is cinematically highlighted by light.]DESCRIPTION...WFA, ABOUT 28, 118 LBS., 5 FT.5 IN., BROWN EYES AND HAIR, FAIR COMPLEXION.CONTACT DR.T.S.KANE, HILLSIDE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER.Bannion hurriedly leaves the police office, passing a poster that orders: "GIVE BLOOD NOW." At the office of the County Medical Examiner in the County Morgue, Dr.Kane (Joseph Mell) crassly remarks after he victim has been identified:Examiner: Trouble automatically catches up with girls like her.