" Marcus strongly asserted that he was human (born on August 22, 1975), but then screamed in anguish when he saw that he was a machine with a robotic skeleton.The classic MGM film - a pet project of MGM""s production head Irving Thalberg ("Boy Wonder") was directed by Edmund Goulding who had acquired the nickname "Lion Tamer" for his ability to deal with many temperamental Hollywood stars, as he did in this film."Nosey" (Charles Lane), a rat-faced news reporter and political informant callously phones in the latest news near a hospital deathbed of a western state senator""s unexpected death:Senator Samuel Foley - dead, yeah, yeah, died a minute ago - here at St.Packard hinted, on his way to Washington DC, that he had political aspirations: "Seems like the President wants to get down at the bottom of things...she just wouldn""t let a man quit.Ethan, I saw it in you before the war.You wanted o clear out.You stayed beyond any real reason.Why?Martha: (interrupting so that the question can remain unanswered) Aaron! Please!Ethan: (jumping out of the rocker and questioning his brother) You askin"" me to clear out now?Expressing his dependence on no-one, Ethan takes out freshly-minted Yankee dollars and tells Aaron: "I expect to pay my way.