Boot: Go ahead.Bore me.The irrepressible Tatum also had to admit - with appropriate self-deprecation - that he was an adept liar, but that he couldn""t lie to the steadfast and truth-seeking Boot, whom he astutely observed was a very conservative and "cautious man.[Stroheim was one of actress Gloria Swanson""s greatest directors in the early days of the movies.His career, like Gloria Swanson""s, ended abruptly around 1930 - making the film semi-autobiographical and a mixture of both fact and fiction."Along The Bowery were men of another trade.Among them was ""Bull"" O""Hara." Bartender""Bull"" Michael O""Hara(Tom O""Brien) wipes a glass clean behind the bar."On life""s other side were rich men, chiefs of industry...and rich men""s sons - such as Jim Apperson."Jim Apperson(John Gilbert), the affable son of a wealthy southern mill owner, belongs to the monied class - he is reclining and lathered up for a shave by a black servant, who asks: "Are you for sure goin"" to take a job in your father""s mill?" A lounger, he is unambitious and uninterested in productive work: "Me.At the same ime, Yukio was able to wrap a cord around Viper""s neck and hang her to death by dangling her mid-air within a shaft.The moral of the story: "Happiness must be earned."Plot SynopsisTitle Screen:The opening title screen stated: DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS IN "THE THIEF OF BAGDAD" - An Arabian Nights Fantasy.