From the very start of their romance, they were oblivious to each other""s past.Kathie: You know, you""re a curious man.Jeff: You""re gonna make every guy you meet a little bit curious.Kathie: That""s not what I mean.You don""t ask questions.You don""t even ask me what my name is.Jeff: All right, what""s your name?Kathie: Kathie.Jeff: I like it.Kathie: Or where I come from?Jeff: I""m thinkin"" about where we""re going.Kathie: Don""t you like it in here?Jeff: I""m just not ready to settle down.Kathie: Shall I take you somewhere else?Jeff: You""re going to find it very easy to take me anywhere.They left the bar to gamble on a game of roulette [a metaphor for the risk and chance factor in their lives].Icey Spoon (Evelyn Varden) to find a husband:Icey: Willa Harper, there are certain plain facts of life that adds up just like two plus two makes four, and one of ""em is this.[The two doorways make him an outsider to society and to his intimate union with her as well.]During breakfast the next morning, their Norwegian neighbor Mr.Lars Jorgensen (John Qualen), and Captain / Reverend Samuel Johnson Clayton (Ward Bond), a garrulous preacherandTexas Ranger, arrive with a posse of local folks:a slightly eccentric old Indian scout Mose Harper (Hank Worden)rancher Nesby (William Steele)Lars"" son Brad Jorgensen (Harry Carey, Jr.A sleepy-eyed, nocturnal old Owl flew to its tree dwelling and yawned as it prepared to sleep.As the camera rose in the tree higher up, a gray squirrel and a smaller chipmunk were just waking up.[Note: This film""s first sequel,After the Thin Man (1936)was also a Best Picture nominee, and the first sequel ever nominated for Best Picture.