day scene in which the girls father, now a drunken wreck, is told  that psychological help may be able to overcome her muteness.  These scenes  are inserted into the movie smoothly, via dissolves rather than rough cuts,  but they add nothing other than length.  None of the characters actually gets  involved in the story, and nothing about them is resolved: the reporter  doesnt get the scoop hes looking for, the father doesnt get his revenge  against the Baron, and the deaf woman doesnt get the therapy mentioned.