She was brought in to star in the film when first-choice actress Carole Lombard opted to makeMy Man Godfrey (1936)instead.Many consider the masterpiece bewildering, boring, slow-moving or annoying, but are still inspired by its story of how man is dwarfed by technology and space."Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) appeared to Harry in front of the underground station""s billboard ad for perfume (""Tonight Make a Little Magic""), and escorted Harry - by apparating (teleporting) to a village where former Hogwarts teacher Professor Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent) was hiding out from the Death Eaters in a Muggle home, disguised in an arm chair." Since Mrs.Hardy is sea-sick prone and can""t cruise on the ocean, her presence is forbidden.When Ollie suggests that he will "stay home and suffer" if she can""t go, Mrs.Hardy insists that he go "just as the doctor says." Ollie looks at Stan and suggests that Stan accompany him: "I""ve got to have someone take care of me.It was remade asEscape From Crime (1942).]The influence of this definitivefilm noir(with its typical conventions of "Venetian blind" lighting and voice-over narration) can be found in other countless imitations ever since - such asThe Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)and (1981),Body Heat (1981)(with Richard Crenna as the murdered husband and Kathleen Turner as the murderess accomplice), andThe Last Seduction (1994)(with Linda Fiorentino), but it has never been surpassed.