After entering a turnstile, they came upon an information booth, where a group of singing wooden puppets (a spoof of Disney's sugaryIt's a Small World) sang the song "Welcome to DuLoc" about the town's rules: ".After concessions were made within the script, the Navy fully cooperated with Columbia Pictures (and chief studio head Harry Cohn) by providing ships, planes, combat boats, and access to Pearl Harbor and the San Francisco port.Their shifting interactions with each other formed he basis for the film:Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe), a 30 year-old ex-stripper - temporarily renting a place in Reno, NV (a gambling and divorce mecca) after recently obtaining a divorceIsabelle Steers (Thelma Ritter), Roslyn's friendly landladyGuido Racanelli (Eli Wallach), a widowed ex-mechanic, ow-truck driver and WWII war pilot-aviatorGaylord "Gay" Langland (59 year-old Clark Gable, the name "Gay" was short for Gable), an aging, strong-willed, old-school horse-wrangler and roper cowboyPerce Howland (Montgomery Clift), a death-defying rodeo bull- and bronc-riding drifter, who was destined o inherit his father’s ranch, but denied by his step-father-in-lawAll three cowboys were captivated by Roslyn's spontaneity, sensual beauty, youthful vitality, and charm.They rowed (when the wind curiously died down), and Eustace pulled the ship along with his tail, as they proceeded along, and eventually arrived at Ramandu's Island at nightfall.