This film provided Sirk""s clear commentary and critique of the underlying hollowness and shallowness of American society in the placid 1950s, and misfit lives stunted and corrupted by mental anguish, alcoholism, sexual frustration, and corruptible materialistic wealth.In the richly-furnished hotel""s Colorado Lounge - [Note: it was modeled after the lounge in the Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite National Park], which has incongruously had a long "illustrious" history of violent crime as well as being an entertainment mecca and quasi-history book [of man""s inhumanity to man], the family learns about the furnishings based upon American Indian motifs and patterns, and the kinds of people who partied there in the past:Wendy: Are all these Indian designs authentic?Ullman: Yeah I believe, the basics.You""re about to get outta here.They""re gonna give you three hot meals a day.White sheets.Them pretty white nurses.They""ll give you blow jobs if you pay ""em enough! I heard all about them white bitches.Junior: Don""t baby-talk him, man! The cocksucker fell asleep! He let ""em walk right up on us.He never did s--t!Big Harold: Just shut-up, Junior.You relax, OK, man?Chris: Yeah.It""s not so bad.Dyin"".How long? How long? (Sounds of an approaching chopper)Gardner""s wounds were the most life-threatening, and Doc urged him to remain conscious as he pounded on his chest: "Come on, Gardner, hang in there.Some time afterwards - left alone by her mother""s death - Anna hides away with her shame in the village of Belden.They usually arrived on Thursdays.And she burned them all except one.That one she used to transfer from handbag to handbag.It was always with her.That letter became an obsession with me.I had to find out what was in it.And finally, I did.That letter made very interesting reading.Tony then admitted the great lengths he had gone o, to force Margot to reveal her love for Mark.He set up a test o see if she would pay to have the letter returned - an indication of a cover up of her affair.