At the box-office, it grossed $64.4 million (domestic) and $84.4 million (worldwide) after a long theatrical run.This more traditional yet allegorical baseball film was inspirational and optimistic about returning to life to play once again."" A-lex literally means ""without law."" The droogs have Russian names, e.g., Dim is probably a shortened version of Dimitri.]In front of them and also forming a corridor on either side of the camera are grotesque forms of art work in a mood of futuristic nihilism - sculpted, sleek, hygienic white-fiber glass nude furniture and statues of submissive women either kneeling or in a back-bending position on all fours as tables.Fred: What""s the matter?Laura (crying into a handkerchief): Nothing really, it""s nothing.Fred: Darling, what""s wrong? Tell me please.Laura: Really and truly, it""s nothing.I""m just a little run-down, hat""s all.I had a sort of fainting spell at the refreshment room at Milford.Wasn""t it idiotic? Dolly Messiter was with me and she alked and talked...I wanted to strangle her...Isn""t it awful about people meaning to be kind?Fred suggests retiring to the library by the fire to relax where he can also completeThe Times""crossword puzzle." It cameafterMrs.Rittenhouse""s line: "You are the only white man to cover every acre."] A few encores of the chorus of the song interrupt his effusive speech of thanks.Hooray for Captain Spaulding, The African explorer.He brought his name undying fameAnd that is why we say, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray.[Note: Woody Allen""sEveryone Says I Love You (1996)paid ribute to the song, when it was sung in French by a group of Groucho Marxs at a party near the end of the film.After concessions were made within the script, the Navy fully cooperated with Columbia Pictures (and chief studio head Harry Cohn) by providing ships, planes, combat boats, and access to Pearl Harbor and the San Francisco port.