Shady stockbroker and abusive husband Gerald Parker is found dead in the penguin pool of a NYC aquarium after being knocked cold by his wife's boyfriend.
The telephone operator (Rochelle Hudson) calls Hildegarde Withers (Edna May Oliver) "Lydia Pinkham." The reference is to the woman who brewed alcohol-based elixirs touted as a "women's tonic" said to relieve menstrual and menopausal pains.
Oscar Piper:
Well, I'll be a so-and-so.
The boom's shadow appears on a column behind Edna Mae Oliver when Miss Withers is looking through the aquarium at night.
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