As Ethan was releasing Julia, Davian activated the explosive charge in Ethan""s head (allowing him only four minutes to live) - rendering him incapacitated and defenseless.And the women are not alluringfemme fatales.The ambitious plans of the minor-league, commonplace criminals in the city""s underworld (a tagline from the film""s poster reads:The City Under the City) are doomed to inevitable failure, although they are not led to their doom by the women in this noirish film.The characters are given individual musical themes.Sam Warner, co-founder of the studio, died at the premature age of 40 - one day before the film""s New York City world premiere on October 6, 1927.The visually-opulent film was inspired by writer/director Fritz Lang""sDer Müde Tod (1921) (aka Destiny or The Tired Death)- the source for the flying horse and carpet sequences, and adapted fromOne Thousand and One Nights(orArabian Nights).Norwood snapped back: "Poor-white is poor-white, and books won""t change him." Marvin burst in, interrupted the Norwood family at dinner, told Mr.Norwood hat his father was dead, and summoned him to help.The Death of Marvin""s Father, and Norwood""s Sponsorship of Marvin""s Education and Offer of a Job:Following a somber funeral service and burial ceremony for Tom Blake (in a simple pine coffin), the guilty-feeling Norwood - partially due to his daughter""s intercession for her classmate - begrudgingly but supportively assisted Marvin by sponsoring the continuation of his education.