In the film, most of the action was located in Wrightsville, somewhere representing Middle America.Because of the controversial nature of the film, public screenings were banned in England by the British Board of Film Censors for fourteen years (until 1968) after its release.In the same year, when ten Best Pictures were nominated, director Ford had another entry:The Long Voyage Home (1940).Again, Helen sees only his "tremendous imagination.Lately you've begun to imagine in Cinemascope, with stereophonic sound."Then, Sherman offers himself some reassurance about how his wife and women in general age differently than men:She probably figures she isn't as young as she used o be." She attempts o clarify his question:Oh, you mean the gay old Bohemian days of gay old San Francisco.