The wine bottle jumps back and forth between the left and right hands of the woman as she approaches the lawyer's house.
Steele attempts to trick the killer into revealing themselves by seeing which suspect will refuse to drink the brand of wine that was poisoned, later telling Laura "Claude Rains did it in Notorious". He is referencing the Hitchcock classic Notorious (1946); however, such a scene never happened there. Wine bottles, poison, and Claude Rains do feature in the film - as smuggling vessels, in coffee, and as the villain rather than a crime-solving hero, respectively.
On the other hand, Steele is falling down drunk when he's trying to explain himself and could be excused some muddling of the facts.
On the other hand, Steele is falling down drunk when he's trying to explain himself and could be excused some muddling of the facts.
Because Simpson's divorce decree has come through, his ex-wife would remain his ex-wife at his death, not become his widow.