They lassoed it and brought he heavy object to the surface, where it was broken open with a small pickaxe.Exquisitely visualized and sensually photographed, he impressionistic film would stand on its owneven withoutthe few dialogue or title cards that currently appear.The Snyder-Gray case in the late 1920s prompted the release ofPicture Snatcher (1933)- it starred James Cagney as the daring newspaper photographer who took the taboo picture of a woman dying in the electric chair.It quiets them down.It suddenly makes them peaceful." Dr.Cukrowicz agreed, but feared whether the benefits of the operation outweighed the risks.Recollections of a Summer Voyage to the Encantadas Islands (the Galapagos):Their conversation sequed into another lengthy recollection following Violet""s brief tangential comment about a nightmare involving "a sky filled with savage, devouring birds.