He graciously dismissed four of them (Vicky was one of two dancers chosen to remain with the troupe):Now, I can""t imagine anything more enchanting than being able to invite you - all of you - to accompany us there.Meanwhile, the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts was filled by Severus Snape.Dumbledore described the reason for the new tighter security -- he told about a former student named Tom Riddle, now known as the Dark Lord, and then warned: "dark forces attempt o penetrate this castle""s walls.The film""s character, Hollis Mulwray, was loosely derived from LA""s real-life water engineer William Mulholland (the General Manager of LA""s Bureau of Water Works and Supply), who orchestrated the purchase of water rights and the piping of water from the High Sierras into Los Angeles by an aqueduct hat flowed through the now-valuable San Fernando Valley north of LA.Plot SynopsisThe film opens with an upward-scrolling preface or itle-card disclaimer - to waylay expected fears that the film (considered unsuitable for the big-screen) would cause resentment (and possibly cause it to be banned for its offensive nature) because of its caricatured portrayal of a degenerate revivalist religious figure:"We believe that certain aspects of Revivalism can bear examination -- that the conduct of some revivalists makes a mockery of the traditional beliefs and practices of organized Christianity! We believe that everyone has a right to worship according o his conscience, but --Freedom of Religion is not license to abuse the faith of the people! However, due to the highly controversial nature of this film, we strongly urge you to prevent impressionable children from seeing it!"After the opening credits with a stark and stylized image of a tilted cross (and then a more traditional wooden cross casting a long dark shadow), a close-up of the first textual page of Sinclair Lewis"" novel is then portrayed, beginning with the first paragraph: "Chapter 1 - Elmer Gantry was drunk.