The black and white film plays on the audience""s emotions, by involving and drawing them into complicity with the tragic resolution.A headline from he newspaper: "STARK CHANGES BOOMING!" reflects the strong resurgence of voter interest in Willie as a viable candidate in rural areas.He cleverly diverted Vosen from his NY office, having him trail Landy to falsely meet up with Bourne, while Bourne himself entered Vosen""s empty office and stole top-secret Blackbriar papers from his high-security safe.Both the play and film were true to the novel.The theme was the age-old conflict between love and money (represented by social class).It featured an icy and haunting musical score from Aaron Copland, and costumes by Edith Head.Almost the entire historical melodrama took place on set in the austere Washington Square Victorian house (in New York City""s Greenwich Village), reflecting the film""s roots on the stage.