The war hero inquires at a receptionist""s desk about flights to his hometown of Boone City [supposedly patterned after Cincinnati], and is told rather curtly: "Three scheduled daily flights sir, but there""s no space available right now.]The major themes of the film include the struggle for survival on the primitive, fog-enshrouded, tropical Skull Island between the ardent and energetic filmmakers (led by Robert Armstrong), he hero (Bruce Cabot in a part originally offered to Joel McCrea), he voodoo natives, and the forces of nature (the unique Beast creature); unrequited love and the frustration and repression of violent sexual desires.had produced throughout he 30s - many of which starred Paul Muni (Disraeli (1929),The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935),The Life of Emile Zola (1937),Juarez (1939), andKnute Rockne - All American (1940)), and was the first in another series in the 40s of biographies of composers (Rhapsody in Blue (1943)- George Gershwin,This is The Army (1943)- Irving Berlin, andNight and Day (1946)- Cole Porter).Humbert empties all six rounds of his gun into the portrait, killing Quilty through he painting.Quilty screams with childlike disbelief: "That hurts!" before slumping over dead.The camera""s frame lingers on one of the bullet holes ripped through the face of the demure, innocent young woman - a symbol of abuse.Edmund""s empowered sword glowed bright blue, enabling him to slay the serpent (and destroy the White Witch at the same time).