The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber in hours, and indeed even in minutes. Hemingway biographer Carlos Baker claims that Macomber loses his fear as the buffalo charges, and the loss of fear ushers Macomber into manhood, which Margot instantly kills. Baker believes Wilson symbolizes the man free of woman (because he refuses to allow Margot to dominate him) or of fear; the man Macomber wishes to be. Wilson understands, as he blasts the lion dead, that Margot is a woman who needs to be dominated. Jeffrey Meyers considers Margot Macomber to be the villain of the story. She characterises "a predatory (rather than a passive) female
Is Everybody Happy? (1929 film) Project website. A five-minute clip from the film can be found on YouTube. Lewis and his orchestra also appeared in a short subject called "Is Everybody Happy?" (1941), consisting of musical numbers cut from the Abbott and Costello feature film "Hold That Ghost" (1941) released by Universal Studios. Columbia Pictures released a feature-length biopic of Lewis also titled "Is Everybody Happy?" (1943). Notes Is Everybody Happy? (1929 film) Is Everybody Happy? (1929) is an American Pre-Code musical film starring Ted Lewis, Alice Day, Lawrence Grant, Ann Pennington, and Julia Swayne Gordon, directed by Archie Mayo, and released by Warner Bros.