 Just as John Huston (I) (qv) was starting to shoot scenes in  Tampico, Mexico, the production was shut down inexplicably by the  local government. It turns out that a local newspaper printed a  false story that accused the filmmakers of making a production that  was unflattering to Mexico. Fortunately, two of Hustons associates,  Diego Rivera (I) (qv) and Miguel Covarrubias (qv), went to bat  for the director with the President of Mexico. The libelous  accusations were dropped.