..to the end of the line." Its tagline from a poster declared: "You can"t kiss away a Murder!"The sensational film was unlike many other films of its time..to the end of the line." Its tagline from a poster declared: "You can"t kiss away a Murder!"The sensational film was unlike many other films of its time - its storyline of a deliberate and brutal crime inspired by adultery and the promise of insurance money was considered innately amoral, objectionable, and distasteful by the censorious Hays Office (a "blueprint for the perfect murder").He flirts back and inquires about lovebirds [and the human varieties of "birds"], specifying his need for birds that are neither too "demonstrative" or "aloof" - "just friendly":Melanie: Lovebirds, sir?Mitch: Yes, I understand there are different varieties.She asks:Ouliotta: Are you really a man?Fields: Well, I"ve been called other things.He takes advantage of her ignorance and is only too happy to introduce her to the species.He teaches her a game called "squidgulum" (a variation on post office, a kissing game).With her hands placed on her head and her eyes closed, he kisses her twice.They are interrupted when her aggressive mother, black-robed Mrs.Hemoglobin (Margaret Dumont) appears with a ferocious mastiff guard dog with fangs.Fields labels them: "Romulus and Remus." Immediately smitten by him, she wants to join in the kissing game and puckers up in readiness, but he is terrified by how formidable she is.On his first visit to Laura Hunt"s apartment, accompanied by both Lydecker and Shelby, McPherson callously re-enacts the murder at the door, basing his information on graphic police photographs of the "dame":When a dame gets killed, she doesn"t worry about how she looks.Detail
