BackgroundThe Talk of the Town(1942) is a classic romantic comedy/drama of the 1940s from producer/director George Stevens and Columbia Pictures.Grizzly, unshaven, and unkempt bar patrons eagerly fought for available chairs at his table for a friendly card game with the two-bit gambler.The doctor diagnoses he end of the baby""s life: "My child, your baby is dead." With open-mouthed despair and a look of dumbfounded shock, Anna""s face registers an unreserved reaction of fright to the news." Bick spoke of how War Winds (and Leslie!) would be well cared for in Texas: "I""ll do my best to make him feel right at home in Texas.