Cal Trask: It's gonna work because it's got to work and it's got to work because I said so.
Cal Trask: I've been jealous all my life. Jealous, I couldn't even stand it. Tonight, I even tried to buy your love, but now I don't want it anymore... I can't use it anymore. I don't want any kind of love anymore. It doesn't pay off.
Abra: But you must give him some sign, Mr. Trask, some sign that you love him... or he'll never be a man. All his life he'll feel guilty and alone unless you release him.
Cal Trask: Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.
Answer: Movies made during this time were often less concerned about recreating a precise historical era and instead evoked a time period's atmosphere. Audiences then were less discerning or knowledgeable about history, and details regarding hairstyles, clothing, manners, etc. were glossed over and often wrong. More people may have ridden bicycles in that era but many had cars, and it's not really essential to the movie's plot either way.
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