Title Card and Sideshow Prologue:The title card emphasized that this was the director""s production (other credits followed the film after its conclusion).Jerry:...No thanks, Horace.In me, you see a youth who is completely on the loose.No yens.No yearnings.No strings.No connections.(He begins singing "No Strings")No ties to my affections.I""m fancy-free.I""m free for anything fancy.No dates that can""t be broken.No words that can""t be spoken.Especially when I am feeling romance-y.Like a robin upon a tree.Like a sailor that goes to sea.Like an unwritten melody, I""m free, that""s me.So bring on the big attraction,My decks are cleared for action.I""m fancy-free.I""m free for anything fancy.Happy-go-lucky, dapper Jerry has another urge and breaks into song, mid-sentence.He sings confidently, in "No Strings (I""m Fancy Free)" that he prefers his present state of footloose independence, and his stringless connections/affections.One title screen noted hat the film""s screenwriters used material that was "compiled from many sources and contains material from three novels" (as noted in the "Background" above), and also wrote their script “in accordance with the ancient texts of Philo, Josephus, Eusebius, The Midrash and The Holy Scriptures.He slyly notes her self-destructive alcoholism:Stranger: There""s one more drink left apiece.It""s a shame about the ice.Alicia: What is?Stranger: Gone.Alicia: Who""s gone?Stranger: The ice.She smiles and giggles as she notes her appreciation of love songs: "There""s nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh.He expects she will be "like a bloodhound" sniffing his breath after his luncheon drinks, keeping a check on his drinking.