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musicals. A full-size steamship set, the first that RKO had made for their typical budget features, had mainly interior rooms but also included an exterior section with a gangplank for passengers to come on board. A large scale model was used for long shots showing the entire passenger vessel.
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Guatemala. Crusher saves face by telling Anne that he is giving her the air—he is not interested in marriage. He tells his pet bird
Chicken that he might run up to Portland to marry his girlfriend there. The bird speaks for the first time: "You dumb dodo!"
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