Hi
For the background story of Reap the Wild Wind read Jessie Laskey's book 'Whatever Happened to Hollywood'.
Laskey tell how the scripwriters had no idea how to finish the film and De Mille never patient at best was getting more and more irritated particularly as he knew that the two men didn't have a clue how to finish the film.
As a last resort he took them onto his yacht and left them to work. He then went to them insinuating that they were floundering and demanded that the tell him the plot.
One of the scriptwriters pulled the giant squid out of the air and between them they improvised the ending.
DeMille was delighted.
Regards
Arthur
