 Sir Cedric Hardwicke (qv) was paraded around before the crowd on  the back on an elephant to commemorate his role as a British officer  in India during the film. The fact that he was seated on an  unsecured cloth in an open carriage atop the beast almost allowed  him to fall when the elephants gait began to rock the elderly actor  too hard. Hardwicke fought to maintain his place atop the pachyderm  to the applause of the audience.