He appeared to have only two favorite past-times: gardening and watching TV (that provided him with most of his knowledge about the world).They returned o a slightly similar theme two years later in their screenplay forBall of Fire (1941).Other spin-offs of the Ninotchka theme include MGM""sComrade X (1940)with Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr (in he Soviet Union), andThe Iron Petticoat (1956)with Katharine Hepburn and Bob Hope (in London).She knocked over steel light towers in her path as he threw her his broken watch as a memento.Captain Oveur shifted the plane into gear - using a car""s manual gear-shift type mechanism.There was continuing confusion about the pilot""s reply "Roger" with his own co-pilot Roger and navigator Victor (and other misappropriations, reminiscent of Abbott and Costello""s"Who""s On First?" routine inThe Naughty Nineties (1945)) while talking to ground control during clearance for take-off:Controller in Tower: Flight 2-0-9-er, you""re cleared for take off.And Hagrid""s Norbert was sent off to Romania by Dumbledore, since it was against wizard law.Hagrid led the four punished students to serve their detentions in the forbidden Dark Forest, where they were shown unicorn""s blood, and told to locate and rescue the badly-injured creature.Dietrichson, o renew his car-insurance policy.[The real house, called the ""Death House"" in Cain""s novel, was at 6301 Quebec Street in Hollywood.]During the flashback, it is learned that Mr.Dietrichson is away, so Neff is forced to make his way past the maid Nettie (Betty Farrington) when she assumes he is "selling something.