Their one contact with civilization, a radio, brought he announcement that Severus Snape was newly-appointed as Headmaster of Hogwarts, with strict house rules, bearing little resemblance o Dumbledore""s school ("Snape""s curriculum is severe, reflecting he wishes of the Dark Lord, and infractions are dealt with harshly by the two Death Eaters on staff").Since the body was found at 3:00 am, Dr.Stuart surmised hat the murder occurred possibly at 2:15 or 2:30 am.But when Tibbs mentioned thatrigor mortis(with "post-mortem lividity") had already occurred, the time of death had to be much earlier.The shallow, unsatisfied, age-fearing and restless wife (43 year-old Ruth Chatterton, replacing Fay Bainter from the stage production, and in one of her last US feature films before appearing in TV roles) was married to a homespun, prosperous, self-made millionaire (Oscar-nominated Walter Huston).3 million.At the time, the film had the highest-opening weekend of all time, at $248 million.To date (2018), the film remains the highest-grossing (domestic) film of all-time, if unadjusted for inflation.Smith Goes o Washington (1939).Stewart""s win deprived Henry Fonda a much-deserved Best Actor Award for his work inThe Grapes of Wrath (1940).