"]Filmed during the Depression Era, the film""s idea of wealth and glittering elegance is portrayed by the sumptuous backgrounds and gleaming surroundings (fancy hotels, a dream-like, Art Deco Venice with winding canals and bridges, a floating nightclub, etc.Little by little, they were forced to overcome their racial animosity and rely on each other to survive as reluctant partners (Johnny stood on Cullen""s shoulders to get out of the pit).BackgroundWritten on the Wind(1956) is generally regarded as the best of director Douglas Sirk""s 1950s lush, vibrantly colorful melodramatic masterpieces.A title card 1928, SOUTHEAST KANSAS - is superimposed over a plain, wood-frame house (the Loomis residence) and storefront for the family butcher business - Fancy Groceries.