Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning.The Hebrews learn it backwards which is absolutely frightening.Use proper English, you""re regarded as a freak.Oh, why can""t the English -Why can""t the English learn to speak?So the Professor makes an initial challenge toward Pickering which becomes the cornerstone of the film""s plot.He compliments the shy boy for his attentiveness, prophetically sowing the seeds of hero worship in the youth: "You were watching me down the trail quite a spell, weren""t ya?.[High skyscrapers and traffic in a bustling, crowded city was a novelty in 1928.] From a high angle, crowds of scurrying pedestrians cross the city block at W 45th.Cars and bus traffic overwhelm the horoughfare.An endless movement of people, cars, vehicles, and elevated trains speed by.Smokestacks spew plumes of white smoke from skyscraper tops and from tugboats in the harbor.The camera moves further and further back to encompass the exhilarating scope and vastness of the city, filled with beehives of workers...It Crawls...It Strikes Without Warning!Nothing In This World Can Match Its Menace!Your Blood Will Turn Ice-Cold!There were no Academy Award nominations.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)This film was a continuation of the first film, set four years later.With many of the same characters from the original film.Nominated for one Academy Award (with no win): Best Visual Effects.With a production budget of $73 million, and box-office gross receipts of $229 million (domestic) and $619 million (worldwide).