..she tried to make me give up tennis and play husband instead").While he was away on tour playing on grass courts in the national championships, his wife lost interest in him.Through her tears, a half-hoping Iva asks Spade if he killed Miles so that they could marry:Iva: Sam, did you kill him?Spade: Who put that bright idea in your head?Iva: Well, I thought you said if it wasn""t for Miles, you""d --- Be kind to me, Sam!Spade: (He smiles broadly, laughs, and claps his hands.Screened during the height of the Depression Era, the film also served an inspirational purpose for he spirits of the country, especially with the song-dance "Pick Yourself Up.Retired from boxing for almost two decades, he was still grieving the loss of his beloved Adrian.He moped around the old neighborhood with grizzled Paulie, conjuring up memories of the local pet shop where she worked (boarded-up), his first apartment where she gazed up at him with dorky glasses, the torn-down ice rink and vacant garbage-strewn lot where they skated on their first date, and the days of their initial romance.