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Type: Short   Region: Vietnam   Year: 2010  
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《Our Leading Citizen (1939)》Storyline
Dr.Simms thought the adolescents were blaming their dreams for their own weaknesses and problems, ordered their doors locked during sleeping hours, and instituted a policy of "evening sedation" to provide them with "uninterrupted REM sleep to release all that negative energy.All the other diners in the restaurant are elderly.The waitress (Doro Merande) is plain and middle-aged, and although she doesn""t accept tips, she does solicit contributions for a fund established for a nudist camp, explaining:Nudism is such a worthy cause.He is late as usual from basketball practice and must run after the trolley to catch it.She is relieved when he runs after the trolley, catches it and boards - she happily finishes the song on a high note, leading all of her friends in her musical tale of flirtation with a handsome man:I went to lose a jolly, hour on the trolley, and lost my heart insteadWith his light brown derby and his bright green tieHe was quite the handsomest of menI started to yen, then I counted to ten, then I counted to ten again[In a scene filmed but later excised from the final release of the film, Esther and John stroll through and explore the unfinished fairgrounds - John carries her in his arms through one of the muddier sections of the grounds.].The semi-trashy, crime drama""s suggestive hemes included implied impotence, sadomasochism, misogyny and homosexuality, although liberally camouflaged by euphemisms and innuendo to bypass he Production Code; its main theme was a strange, tawdry, aberrant romantic triangle (menage a trois) between the three main characters (husband, wife, and lover) - with homo-erotic overtones.[The ""odd"" guess of Les loses the bet - it is the first wager in the film.] The steely, misogynist boss of the Latin American pilots is Geoff Carter (Cary Grant) (often called "Papa" by his workers), a no-nonsense, steely supervisor who looks like a gaucho with a wide Panama hat and a gun holster.