Although the film was released in mid-1946, it was actually filmed mostly in the fall of 1944 (about six months before Bacall and Bogart were married).He shares trailer living quarters with a clown named Bluey-Bluey (Stanley Prager), who assesses the carnival""s money-making, corrupt racket of concessionaires: "Yes sir, we got the crooked-est little carnival layout west of he Mississippi.The yellow-raincoated gang member smashes through the glass, rolling into three dress mannequins (female) - symbolizing more violence to women." Once deep inside he Ape territory, Malcolm came across animal skulls and bones arranged into ""scarecrows"" by the apes.