If the corpse when moved from the gurney to the closet was in a state of rigor mortis, it wouldn't have been pliable at all (the arm moved, for one thing).
When Nora Bard (Mary Anderson) hangs up on her call to Ed Ames of 'The Express' at 42:33, her fiance Arthur Templeton (Charles Russell) calls her 'Rhonda'. Very shortly after at 43:08, he uses her correct name, Nora.