BackgroundDark Victory(1939) is a sentimental, tragic and moving melodrama (a "weepie" or "woman""s picture") from Warner Bros." They feel alienated, aloof and detached from the strange sights and memories of their former home.Homer had been a high school football hero.Now - had heir wartime heroics made any difference to the apathetic folks at home? Gazing down on their hometown, they are literally in mid-air between the war front and their previous world:Fred: There""s the golf course, people playing golf just as if nothing had ever happened.As he walked with Rocky""s entourage toward the ring, Paulie advised: "Get rid of the damn beast, let it be done once and for all.They disappear again behind a wall when they reach the entryway to his apartment and she hears him fumble for the doorkey.