[Note: Wellman had previously directed the early gangster filmPublic Enemy (1931), the Alaskan adventure epicCall of the Wild (1935), the black screwball comedyNothing Sacred (1937), the non-musicalA Star is Born (1937), and the classic adventure taleBeau Geste (1939).As the Boy/Projectionist fell asleep in the booth, his ghostly or transparent doppelganger version of his resting body (via double-exposure) rose from the stool and looked through the viewing hole in the booth""s wall at the projected film.""Behind every great man, there is a woman."Few know that a so-called "Tootsie Syndrome" became a term used to reference a popular culture phenomenon in which men would assume or co-opt the role of females - and almost instantly acquire sympathy and understanding for ""the other"" - and in the process prove to be better women than ""real"" ones." He asks, dubiously: "Have you everhandledan outboard boat?" She responds confidently: "Oh, of course.