 The part of J. Aubrey Piper was originally to be played by  Lee Tracy (qv), but his contract was terminated by MGM when,  during the production in Mexico of _Viva Villa! (1934)_ (qv), he got  drunk, urinated off a balcony onto a passing patrol of Mexican  soldiers (who almost shot him) and was deported from Mexico.  Spencer Tracy (qv) got the part with the help of  Frank Morgan (I) (qv), and afterwards signed a long