Robert Riskin""s screenplay was based onThe American Magazine""sserial storyOpera Hat[the initial itle of the film] by Clarence Budington Kelland, appearing in he April to September 1935 issues.A second question from the same student challenged he doctor""s theory: "Isn""t it true that Darwin preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extraordinary means, it actually began to move with avoluntarymotion?" The admonishing Frankenstein insisted on being precise - and then asserted: "You have to remember that a worm, with very few exceptions, is not a human being.Marcia (quieting him): Please, Paul.Let""s, let""s just remember his day.Paul: We will, Marcia, one day to last us all the rest of our lives.Marcia: It will, it will.Paul: I""ll always love you.Marcia: And I""ll always...remember you, and your song.She sings the same song with him, as they say goodbye, knowing that their precious time has ended.She feels committed to her wedding vows and marries Nazaroff.With separate blossoming careers, seven years later, Paul and Marcia co-star in an American production, singing opposite each other at the Metropolitan Opera.[Note: At various stages of the script, the original working titles wereBreathless,In a Northwesterly Direction, andThe Man on Lincoln""s Nose.Another of the film""s three Oscar awards, the one for Best Original Story was given to Ian McLellan Hunter.