 Director Frank Capra (qv) was upset with Jack Holt (I) (qv)s  refusal to stand up in the plane that was flying, until he learned  that Holt had been playing with the ripcord. The parachute had  opened, and had Holt stood up he would have been dragged out of the  plane. A red ribbon was tied to Holts ripcord for the remainder of  filming.