One of the poignant film's posters declared it:"A love story of today's love and laughter."At the time, it was the longest and most expensive Hollywood film since producer David O.Selznick's ownGone with the Wind (1939).Producer David O.Selznick's lavish film was an attempt to outdo his previous classic 1939 epic and Best Picture winner, and it was his first production since his other Best Picture Oscar winnerRebecca (1940).In a guardhouse jail on the military grounds, the apes had discarded their spacesuits and changed into their normal clothing.In the back of the room, an unidentified, bespectacled elderly man entered.He was grasping the metal box in front of him - the one wrestled from the Baron, before he went to search for a vacant seat.Slim: (interjecting) Were you?Eddie: You're alright, lady.You and Harry's the only one that ever...Morgan: Don't forget Frenchie.Eddie: That's right.You and Harry and Frenchie.You know, you got o be careful of dead bees if you're goin' around barefooted, 'cause if you step on them they can sting you just as bad as if they was alive, especially if they was kind of mad when they got killed.She comes up to him, remembering him from Central High School where she is a senior and he was a recent graduate.