He was again teamed with his co-star Jean Arthur (in the role of a cynical secretary) from the previous year""s Best Picture winner, Capra""sYou Can""t Take It With You (1938).Claire and Luther would be onboard as backup support, and Krieger was positioned in Paris with helicopter transport.Plot SynopsisThe picture is prefaced by "A PLEA FOR THE ART OF THE MOTION PICTURE":We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue - the same liberty that is conceded to the art of the written word - that art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.It was feared they would run out of rations in a few weeks, not see the Blue Star again, possibly sail off the edge of the world, or get eaten by sea serpents (Edmund""s main fear).Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy""s shoulders to let him know the world hadn""t ended.