Trina and Mac bring up the rear.They walk to a picnic spot: "Shell Mound Park - Shooting Range." At he ticket booth and gate to Schuetzen Park (in Oakland), Marcus speaks to Mac (in the foreground) about paying the entrance fees:Marcus: Here""s where we shell out, Mac.The creative team had made other films in the previous five years that were also considered equally controversial (and challenging to the mainstream), including:The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)A Matter of Life and Death (1946)Black Narcissus (1947)TheRed Shoestale was derived - metaphorically - from Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen""s disquieting and tragic children""s story of the same name published in 1845.Margo""s maid, friend and companion Birdie Coonan (Thelma Ritter) reacts negatively to Margo""s put-on performance in Eve""s presence:"When she gets like this - all of a sudden, she""s playin"" Hamlet""s mother"- after which Margo suggests that Birdie retreat to the bathroom.Locket) with eggs in a slapstick scene during the play.Adults in the orchestra seats and tough kids in the balcony are amused.The store owner is paid off by Henry""s wealthy father, and Henry is coerced to promise hat he""ll be a good boy, yet he vows: "I can still lick any kid in town" - causing the kids in the audience to scoff.e., Louis Pasteur inThe Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), Emile Zola inThe Life of Emile Zola (1937), and President Benito Pablo Juarez inJuarez (1939).