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  • Aluminum Christmas Trees: Latter-day viewers might not understand when Nell says to Hannay "Are we lovers that you 'thee and thou' me"—viewers in 1946 might not have understood for that matter. But it is true that when "thou" was used in English it was the familiar, intimate form of address, the way one would talk to a lover or a husband or a child.
  • Complete Monster: George Sims, the master of Bedlam House, is a ruthless, greedy man who runs the asylum with an iron fist. Manipulating the political system to have any rivals thrown into the madhouse, Sims rigs the window outside their cells so that when they try to escape, they inevitably fall to their deaths. Starving, beating and torturing inmates, Sims has a young woman thrown into Bedlam when she attempts to have the inmates treated better. Sims frequently attempts to break her faith in humanity and tries to have her thrown in a cell with a murderous inmate. When he learns she is going to testify before a parole board, Sims attempts to force her to take a "solution" that will leave her dead or insane.

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