 Director Curtiz, Michael (qv) Hungarian accent often caused  confusion on the set. He asked a prop man for a "poodle" to appear  in one scene. The prop man searched high and low for a poodle while  the entire crew waited. He found one and presented it to Curtiz, who  screamed "A poodle! A poodle of water!" See also  _Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1936)_ (qv).