Inside the store, Harold fed his pet fish Lionel, retrieved a pet rabbit from the produce section, and sampled foods from his own store shelves (peanuts from a jar, juice from a container, and a chocolate donut).Then, Maine is able to cajole the reluctant studio head Oliver Niles (Charles Bickford) to listen to Vicki sing and she gets her big break.With one Academy Awards Oscar nomination: Best Sound.About a fifthof the film""s budget was spent on the special effects produced by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).The film""s main tagline was:A STORY OF FASCINATING ADVENTURE in a Strange and Beautiful Land!The pioneering film was mostly shot on a British sound stage (utilizing glass shot painted backdrops and miniature models), although the film convincingly transported the viewer to the remote and forbidding setting - a donated exotic sultan""s dilapidated palace (once a bordello for concubines) with a bell tower on the edge of a 9,000 ft.