The airplane passengers and other ground personnel characters were a cliched stereotypical group of humorous individuals, and there were numerous references to other films.Hammy and vain Joseph gave priceless imitations of Hamlet, Colonel Ehrhardt and Professor Siletsky and other disguises to fool the gullible Nazis.Some of his concerns are about his love life - he dictates one message to his ex-wife, sent with a box of candy:Oh well, put ""Something for your sweet tooth, baby, and all your other sweet parts." Converted and with the realization that one cannot be anxious about the life one has chosen, she returns to the saloon.It had been a great decade for the film""s main star, Olivia de Havilland, who had already starred inGone With the Wind (1939)(with her first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, which she lost to Hattie McDaniel),Hold Back the Dawn (1941)(with her second Oscar nomination and first for Best Actress, which she lost to her sister Joan Fontaine forSuspicion (1941)),They Died With Their Boots On (1941),To Each His Own (1946)(with her second Best Actress nomination and first win),The Dark Mirror (1946), andThe Snake Pit (1948)(with her third Best Actress nomination, which she lost to Jane Wyman inJohnny Belinda (1948)).