They also featured songs written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren, and conducted by Leo F.Forbstein.] Each movie attempted o outdo the previous extravaganza in exotic, erotic flamboyance.The un-PC musical comedy, an escapist Depression-Era diversion, was set at the time of the arrival of talkies, when a brisk, fast-talking Broadway impresario-producer, with some semi-crooked financiers, convinced them to produce brief live musical ""prologues"" for movie houses." Diana is thrilled by the raw footage of the bank robbery committed by the revolutionary underground: "This is terrific stuff.Barbra fled to their car with the slow-moving, crooked-jawed man shambling after her.She lost her shoes after falling on the slick grass.It was not yet clear that the strange man was a reanimated, ravenous ""living dead"" corpse (or zombie, although the term was never explicitly used in the film).] During the quintet""s intermission, Steve is summoned to the back courtyard where he asks her about his proposal of marriage: "What""s the answer?" Affectionate, fluttering and doe-eyed, she moves closer to him and answers: "Steve, I""ll try to make you a good wife.