 Before the steamboat race, one of the boats used in the filming  began to sink. The crew frantically tried to bail, but water was  coming in as fast as they could bail it out. The fire department was  called, and set their pumps to work until 1 AM, to no avail; the  water was still rushing in. Director Francis Martin (qv) called  the man who built the boat, who stated that it could not spring a  leak. Martin ordered the man to come down to the set and see for  himself. Seeing the boat list to one side, the builder repeated that  it could not spring a leak. The following conversation is reported  to have taken place, at that point: Francis Martin: "All I know is  weve been pumping water out of her hold for nine hours and it comes  in as fast as we pump it out." Builder: "She aint got a hold."  Francis Martin: "I dont care what the technical term is, all I know  is weve been pumping water out of her interior for nine hours."  Builder: "She aint got an interior any more than a raft. Shes flat  on the bottom, sitting on drums. Youve got all that heavy stuff on  one side and thats what makes it lean over. Youve been bailing  Malibu Lake into Malibu Lake for nine hours."