 The company, most of which had played their roles on stage, was well  rehearsed and filming was a fairly easy three day process. The cast  was plagued by a nasty flu bug, which tried to strike down  Will B. Able (qv) (The Genie). He performed the Genie dance with a  temperature of 103F. And they had to do three takes, not because he  was ill but for technical reasons 