They continued to ride through the arid desert area.In another location in the "Forbidden Zone," a second US spacecraft had crash-landed, and one of its two surviving astronauts, John Brent (James Franciscus) emerged from an escape hatch in the wreckage to help his seriously-injured, blinded ""Skipper"" Maddox (Tod Andrews) lying on the ground.BackgroundMorning Glory(1933) is the cliched story of a naive and pretentious aspiring actress, with a very literate script, rich dialogue, and superb acting.She expressed how she wanted the war to end "one way or another" and also forecast: "I see the end coming, I see the darkness spreading.Returning to the present, Sam, Frodo, and scheming, treacherous, schizoid guide Gollum continued their trek to Mount Doom in Mordor to destroy the Ring.[Note: Both Jennifer Jones and Hedy Lamarr had turned down the title role.] A film with the similar heme of a man bewitched with a woman""s portrait was Fritz Lang""s sad and nightmarish film noirThe Woman in the Window (1944).