In fact, she stood for plenty.Frank: There""s nothing wrong between me and the college widow.Wagstaff: There isn""t, huh? Then you""re crazy to fool around with her.Frank: Aw, but you don""t...Wagstaff: I don""t want to talk to you again about this, you snob.I""d horsewhip you, if I had a horse.You may go now.Leave your name and address with the girl outside, and if anything turns up we""ll get in touch with you.] Screen narrator Deems Taylor (popular musical commentator with the New York Philharmonic radio broadcasts) welcomes the audience to a "new form of entertainment," and in his introduction sets the scene:What you""re going to see are the designs and pictures and stories that music inspired in the minds and imaginations of a group of artists.The film brought in $533.3 million (domestically) and $1,004.6 million (or over $1 billion) worldwide, with a production budget of $185 million.BackgroundThe Crowd(1928) is a genuine, immortal, timeless American silent film masterpiece from director King Vidor, whose earlier big WWI epicThe Big Parade (1925)had been a major box-office hit for MGM studios.Quickly, they fall in love and Joey expresses his feelings for Olga: "We""ll make it mean somethin"",...""cause I need somebody, somebody like you.Awful bad." When they embrace and kiss, she is upset after discovering his gun inside his coat and guessing his professional racket.And you""re a lawyer.You know how to write it.It wouldn""t seem so odd.I could say that he brought it home and we decided to make some changes up here.Ned was reluctant and worried about changing the will: ("Forget it...Nothing strange can happen in his life right now.Not one thing out of the ordinary.That""s vital, that""s the most important thing.If it does, the chances double that we get caught.You""ll get half of everything.It""ll be plenty.No matter what it is, we""ll be satisfied.We""re not gonna get greedy.If we do, we""ll get burned").However, fueled by his lust for both Matty""s body and wealth, Ned was completely committed to murdering her unsuspecting husband.