Exploitative aglines and posters shamelessly promoted the film, calling it "THE STORY OF THE LOVE LIFE OF THE SIDESHOW":Do Siamese twins make love?Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?What sex is the half man half woman?A newspaper advertisement promoted the film for the ROOSEVELT Theatre: "She flattered this midget with her silken embraces - for his gold.A leopard leaps from a rock outcropping and pounces on an unsuspecting and defenseless ape, screeching for his life.Each of the leading actors began work on the film under miserable circumstances, including the fact that both had their own lovers in England - Merle Oberon had recently fallen in love with Alexander Korda (a major British film figure), and Olivier was separated from his girlfriend/fiancee Vivien Leigh, also in London.The story involves the father-son tale of an educated, effeminate, accident-prone, college-educated but simple-minded son - an archetypal underdog American hero - who ultimately is transformed and triumphs when he assists and impresses his burly, red-necked, hard-working Mississippi steamboat captain father in combating the hreatening efforts of a rival tycoon to take over the Mississippi steamboat business in the South - and also wins over the business rival""s daughter.There, he told her that her death would look like an accident: "I don""t want to hurt you.I want to help you.Help you end your pain - what that mutant stopped you from doing last week." Shingen suddenly realized that he was surrounded by Harada""s black-clad ninjas, as Mariko was rescued and whisked away.