Director William Wyler""s film was a retelling of the spectacular silent film of the same name (director Fred Niblo""s and MGM""sBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)).However, Bracke stressed that Whitney wasn""t in town: "Might wanna try looking someplace else." Later, Clay stopped at an old house with a front yard littered with junk.He spoke to an Old Lady (Rosemary Knower) about his missing sister, and was blankly told: "She ain""t missing.She retrieves it when she stands to dance with a steady procession of admirers and guests.Her girlish naivete and modern-day leanings (and exasperation with endless functions) are expressed when she is tucked primly into her bed in an old-fashioned nightgown by her lady-in-waiting chaperone, Countess Vereberg (Margaret Rawlings):Ann: I hate this nightgown.He said he was on the verge of a discovery so terrific that he doubted his own sanity.There was a strange look in his eyes, some mystery.His words carried me right away.Of course I""ve never doubted him but still I worry.I can""t help it.Victor saw Henry three weeks earlier, when he was walking alone in the woods, and was told that no one was allowed to visit him in his laboratory: "His manner was very strange.What do you want to see her for?Ollie: Why, we have some very important news for her.Finn: Oh? What""s it about?Ollie: Well, I""m sorry sir, but we""re not supposed to discuss that with anyone but her.