diff --git a/direct/src/gui/DialogBox.py b/direct/src/gui/DialogBox.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d80b971e1..0000000000
--- a/direct/src/gui/DialogBox.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-from ToontownDialog import *
-
diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/Transitions.py b/direct/src/showbase/Transitions.py
index 6b96cefa34..c18930a004 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/Transitions.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/Transitions.py
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ class Transitions:
         self.fade.reparentTo(aspect2d)
         self.fade.setColor(0,0,0,alpha)
 
+    def guiFadeScreen(self, alpha=0.5):
+        """
+        Put a semitransparent screen over the camera plane
+        to darken out the world. Useful for drawing attention to
+        a dialog box for instance
+        """
+        self.noTransitions()
+        self.fade.reparentTo(guiTop, 100)
+        self.fade.setColor(0,0,0,alpha)
+
     def fadeOutTask(self, task, time=0.3, noFade=1):
         """
         As a sequence: Fade out, execute the given task, then do a noFade