 It was during the making of this film that Katharine Hepburn (qv)  first met Howard Hughes (I) (qv). Hughes visited the set one day,  landing his amphibious plane near the beach where they were filming.  Hughes said he stopped by to say hello to his good friend  Cary Grant (qv) but in actuality he wanted to meet Hepburn, whom  he was fascinated by. The film _Aviator, The (2004)_ (qv) recreates  this meeting.