Reno became synonymous with quickie divorces, and Hollywood videos of the era would typically solid Reno as a dusty backdrop for a character seeking to end her relationship, like Marilyn Monroe in The Misfits, or Pauline Moore in the 1938 film Charlie Chan in Reno. This is how Reno tends to operate: sanctioning debauchery one moment, then proscribing it the next. But then the silver mines went bust, and the city almost did also.