..Mary interrupts George by picking up a rock (unnoticed at first by self-centered George) and silently makes a wish of her own.The accompanist at her musical lessons is French pianist Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer).She complains that she is inadequate to the task of being trained to follow her aunt""s profession: "I""ve tried, I""ve worked hard, but it""s no use.In the film""s fourteen scenes, a narrative story with multiple plot lines was told - with elements that were copied repeatedly afterwards by future westerns - of a train holdup with six-shooters, a daring robbery accompanied by violence and death, a hastily-assembled posse""s chase on horseback after the fleeing bandits, and the apprehension of the desperadoes after a showdown in the woods.According to her testimony, she claimed that her husband suffered from "male virility problems" and begged her o have an affair.]Armies of Slaves Performed Menial Work for the Corrupt Roman Republic:In the year 73 BC during the reign of the all-powerful, corrupt, stagnant and declining Roman Republic, the title character Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) was introduced as a life-long slave - a "proud, rebellious son" who was sold at age 13 to "living death" working under bondage in the Libyan mining pits located in the conquered Greek province of Thrace.