.[Note: The film""s footage of the actual Macy""s parade hat was filmed in 1946, was part of an annual event that began in 1924." Meanwhile, the elite lived in a fortified walled-off city known as Fiddler""s Green, bordered on three sides by rivers and lorded over by Paul Kaufman (Dennis Hopper), a rich and powerful feudal overlord and opportunistic super-capitalist." Tom struggles with her, arguing that it is impossible to get a divorce without money.An adventuress in the world, she counter-argues that she doesn""t need any money.When she hails a taxi, the cabbie (Frank Faylen) recommends Palm Beach over Reno as a divorce and rich husband-hunting destination and haven: "This time of the year, you got the track, you got the ocean, you got palm trees.Their conversation is interrupted by the surly, giant-sized Dix Handley who has sought out bookmaker Cobby to bet on the horses - gambling on the races is one of his "crazy" passions and obsessive weaknesses that has put him in continual debt.