Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case. After being taken in by richer neighbors he started to exhibit an obsessive and selfish urge to make more and more money, loving and leaving women at will to further this end. This film's working title was Prelude to Night . Although S. K. Lauren and Gordon Kahn were given credit for the screenplay when the film was initially released, the WGA restored blacklisted screenwriter Alvah Bessie's credit. WGA's official credits for the film now read: "Screenplay by Alvah Bessie and S. K. Lauren and Gordon Kahn. Based on the novel Prelude to Night by Dayton Stoddart." 译文(3): 贺勒斯·文迪格以一位富有的慈善家的身份向世界展示了自己。事实上，他从破碎的不幸家庭中崛起的历史表明，情况远非如此。在被更富有的邻居收留后，他开始表现出一种痴迷和自私的冲动，想要赚越来越多的钱，爱女人，随意离开女人，以实现这一目标。