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** Cliff escapes from Howard Hughes by grabbing a (large) model plane and jumping off a balcony, gliding to safety. The plane is a model of the [[wikipedia:Spruce goose|"Spruce Goose"]], and Hughes comments, "The son-of-a-bitch ''will'' fly." |
** Cliff escapes from Howard Hughes by grabbing a (large) model plane and jumping off a balcony, gliding to safety. The plane is a model of the [[wikipedia:Spruce goose|"Spruce Goose"]], and Hughes comments, "The son-of-a-bitch ''will'' fly." |
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** [[Los Angeles]]' famous "Hollywood" sign used to read "Hollywoodland". {{spoiler|Neville Sinclair makes a dramatic exit from the burning airship (see [[So Long, Suckers!]], below), right after he smirks "I'll ''miss'' Hollywood..." He then crashes into the last four letters of the sign, obliterating them. (In reality, the "-land" was removed in 1949, to reduce maintenance costs.)}} |
** [[Los Angeles]]' famous "Hollywood" sign used to read "Hollywoodland". {{spoiler|Neville Sinclair makes a dramatic exit from the burning airship (see [[So Long, Suckers!]], below), right after he smirks "I'll ''miss'' Hollywood..." He then crashes into the last four letters of the sign, obliterating them. (In reality, the "-land" was removed in 1949, to reduce maintenance costs.)}} |
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** The newsreel shows that the first place to be visited by the German zeppelin is [[wikipedia:Hindenburg disaster|Lakehurst]]. |
** The newsreel shows that the first place to be visited by the German zeppelin is [[wikipedia:Hindenburg disaster|Lakehurst, NJ]]. |
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*** That could be more of a case of [[Shown Their Work]], since that was one of a handful of places in the country with airship landing facilities. |
*** That could be more of a case of [[Shown Their Work]], since that was one of a handful of places in the country with airship landing facilities. |
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* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Girl]] / [[Come Alone]]: Cliff is summoned to the Griffith Park Observatory. Hey, it was 1938; these tropes were NEW! |
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Girl]] / [[Come Alone]]: Cliff is summoned to the Griffith Park Observatory. Hey, it was 1938; these tropes were NEW! |
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