"Its skillful direction was provided by Lloyd Bacon, with a funny, often sardonic screenplay by Rian James and James Seymour, and the film was nominated for Best Picture.Secondary characters were also modified - the Nurse became Anita, Juliet""s friend and confidante, and Friar Lawrence became Doc, the neighborhood drugstore owner...Like Freddy." When she admitted that she had received another phone call, he promised to speed home.As he left, the camera panned back to his work bench, where the new glove prototype he had developed was now missing." He asks, dubiously: "Have you everhandledan outboard boat?" She responds confidently: "Oh, of course.