Frank Capra regarded this film as his own personal favorite - it was also James Stewart""s favorite of all his feature films.]After hearing Clark""s story, Lois did not pursue her story any further and kept his secret safe.Lois returned to her office and informed Perry White that she was dropping her story, because her leads had panned out.Judge Oliver Whiteside (Charles Watts) delivered a toast to the newlywed bride: "I propose a toast o a daughter of old Maryland, that""s bloomed into a citizen of the Lone Star State.] The action occurs on the occasion of the 65th birthday of ""Big Daddy"" Pollitt (Burl Ives reprising his stage role) - the patriarchal plantation head (who is secretly suffering from terminal cancer), when the greater Pollitt family gathers and inevitably quarrels - greedily - over he granting of the expected inheritance.And the rewards will be great." In return for jewels, Beni was forced to pledge allegiance, and help to track down the other sacred canopic jars of his long-dead lover-mistress that had been stolen by the Americans.