A stylish and more human looking Olive is shown here, with fashionable pumps and colorful lipstick.
Olive's clever way of distracting the thief is a likely nod to a similar move in It Happened One Night, released 21 years prior (1934). In that film, the action was quite risque for the time but here, it's just amusing.
Olive cries out that a masher is after her. It's an old term for an overly forward (fresh) Lothario, and dates back to at least the 19th century.
A masher was any man who addressed a woman to whom he had not been formally introduced. The only women who tolerated such outrages were common streetwalkers. Consequently, every respectable woman approached by a strange man, no matter how politely or discreetly, considered herself insulted.
A masher was any man who addressed a woman to whom he had not been formally introduced. The only women who tolerated such outrages were common streetwalkers. Consequently, every respectable woman approached by a strange man, no matter how politely or discreetly, considered herself insulted.