Troopers Cooper and Craig were tossed into trees, presumably killing them, while Lee, Spears and Meyers were eaten alive.The success of the balletic themes that combined dance with design and music in Powell and Pressburger""s British film inspired director Vincente Minnelli to follow suit in his own masterpieceAn American in Paris (1951)- he had experimented with shorter ballet sequences in his earlier filmsYolanda and the Thief (1945)andZiegfeld Follies (1946).You don""t deny that, do you Walter?Walter: Deny it? I""m proud of it.We beat the whole country on that story.Hildy: (shouting) Well, suppose we did.That isn""t what I got married for!She has come to request that he quit phoning her a dozen times a day, and sending her twenty telegrams.You may have he land, Mr.Thornton, for six hundred pounds.Michaeleen: Done!...Outbid, the dismayed and angered Danaher vows that Thornton will be his enemy: "I""ve got you down in my book.